Allopeas clavulinum ( Potiez and Michaud, 1838 )

Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), Journal of Natural History 49 (29), pp. 1731-1761 : 1739-1740

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336609

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scientific name

Allopeas clavulinum ( Potiez and Michaud, 1838 )
status

 

Allopeas clavulinum ( Potiez and Michaud, 1838)

Description

Pilsbry (1906).

Distribution

Native to East Africa ( Hayes et al. 2012). In Chile this species has been reported only from Easter Island (39°48 ʹ S, 73°14 ʹ W), with the first record in 1965 ( Kirch et al. 2009).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/unestablished ( Kirch et al. 2009).

Remarks

Detritivore, herbivore ( Brodie and Barker 2011). UA, I.

Brodie GD, Barker GM. 2011. Introduced land snails and slugs in the Fiji Islands: are there risks involved? In: Cr V, Mn C, Towns DR, editors. Island invasives: eradication and Management. Gland: IUCN; p. 32 - 36.

Hayes KA, Yeung NW, Kim JR, Cowie RH. 2012. New records of alien Gastropoda in the Hawaiian Islands. Occas pap Bernice P Bishop Mus. 112: 21 - 28.

Kirch P, Christensen C, Steadman D. 2009. Subfossil land snails from Easter Island, including Hotumatua anakenana, new genus and species (Pulmonata: Achatinellidae). Pac Sci. 63: 105 - 122.

Pilsbry HA. 1906. Manual of conchology, second series: Pulmonata. Vol. 18. Achatinidae: Stenogyrinae and Coeliaxinae: Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadephia, Philadelphia.

Potiez VLV, Michaud ALG. 1838. Galerie des Mollusques, ou Catalogue Methodique, Descriptif et Raisonne des Mollusques et Coquilles du Museum de Douai. Tome Premier. J. B. Bailliere, Paris and London; xxxvi + 560 [+ 4] pp., + Atlas, 56 pp., 37 pls.