Oxychilus cellarius Müller (1774)

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 : 1748-1749

Oxychilus cellarius Müller (1774)

Description

Rigby (1963), Barker (1999).

Distribution

Native to western and central Europe and the western Mediterranean, introduced to Scandinavia, North and South America, the Philippines, South Africa, St Helena, Australia and New Zealand ( Barker 1999). In Chile this species has been recorded between 30° S and 45° S ( Letelier and Ramos 2002), and in the Juan Fernandez Archipelago ( Stuardo and Vega 1985). The first record of this species for Chile was by Stuardo and Vega (1985).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/established ( Cádiz et al. 2013).

Remarks

Carnivorous species ( Cádiz et al. 2013). EA, I.