Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack and Schlitt, 2011

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 : 1741

Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack and Schlitt, 2011

Description

Barker (1999), Reise et al. (2011).

Distribution

Palaeartic/Cosmpolitan ( Reise et al. 2011). According to Hutchinson et al. (2014) this species has records in Chile since 1962 (as Deroceras panormitanum Lessona and Pollonera, 1882 ), and it has been recorded in Limache (33°00 ʹ S, 71°23 ʹ W), Santiago (33°24 ʹ S, 70°36 ʹ W), Talagante (33°42 ʹ S, 70°52 ʹ W) and in the Juan Fernández Archipelago.

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/established.

Remarks

Invasive species ( Hutchinson et al. 2014). EA, IA, I.