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)
Author
Araya, Juan Francisco
Laboratorio de Invertebrados Acuáticos, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile; & Laboratorio de Química Inorgánica, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile
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Journal of Natural History
2015
2015-02-28
49
29
1731
1761
journal article
21137
10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
ed406cdc-dbc5-4841-8221-917c3d346274
1464-5262
3997965
Genus
Mytilus
Linnaeus, 1758
Mytilus galloprovincialis
Lamarck, 1819
Description
Poppe and
Goto
(2000)
.
Distribution
Native to the Mediterranean Sea, this mussel now shows a worldwide distribution (
Westfall and Gardner 2010
). In
Chile
, it was recorded for the first time in 2000 (
Daguin and Borsa 2000
), and it has been recorded from Dichato (
36°33
ʹ
S
,
72°56
ʹ
W
) to Punta Arenas (
53°10
ʹ
S
,
70°56
ʹ
W
) (
Tarifeño et al. 2012
).
Possible mechanism of introduction/Status
Maritime
transport or unintentional introduction/established (
Daguin and Borsa 2000
;
Tarifeño et al. 2012
).
Remarks
Invasive species, may displace native mytilid species (
Branch and Steffani 2004
). EA, SA.