Arion intermedius (Normand, 1852)

Description

Cádiz and Gallardo (2007).

Distribution

Native to the Holarctic, in Chile this species has been found from Valdivia (39°48 ʹ S, 73°14 ʹ W) to Lago Tarahuin (42°43 ʹ S, 73°47 ʹ W), with the first record in 2007 (Cádiz and Gallardo 2007; Landler and Nuñez 2012).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/established (Landler and Nuñez 2012).

Remarks

Herbivorous terrestrial gastropod (Bohan et al. 2000). According to Hausdorf (2002), there are no obvious effects on native land snail fauna after the introduction of this species. EA, I.