Gastrocopta pediculus ( Shuttleworth, 1852 )

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 : 1749-1750

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336579
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933C3E2E-FFF7-FF99-FE17-05C0FD4F5026
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Gastrocopta pediculus ( Shuttleworth, 1852 )
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Gastrocopta pediculus ( Shuttleworth, 1852)

Description

Pilsbry 1916 – 1918.

Distribution

Widely distributed among tropical Pacific islands, probably native to Indonesia and the tropical western Pacific ( Brook et al. 2010). In Chile, this species has been reported only from Easter Island (39°48 ʹ S, 73°14 ʹ W), Región de Valparaiso ( Boyko and Cordeiro 2001).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/unestablished ( Boyko and Cordeiro 2001).

Remarks

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

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Stylommatophora
Family	Vertiginidae
Genus	Gastrocopta

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