Cornu aspersum ( Mueller , 1774)

Araya, Juan Francisco & Catalan, Ricardo, 2014, A review of the non-bulimulid terrestrial Mollusca from the Region of Atacama, northern Chile, ZooKeys 398, pp. 33-51 : 41

Cornu aspersum ( Mueller, 1774) Table 2

Helix (Cryptomphalus) aspersa : Stuardo and Vega 1985: 136; Valdovinos 1999: 151. Cornu aspersum : Landler and Nuñez 2012: 264.

Material examined.

Mirador de Charito sector, Caldera city (27°3'45"S, 70°50'8"W), Commune of Caldera, July 2012, JFA 100129, 2 specimens.

Diagnosis.

This very common species has a distinctive low-spired, brown shell with yellowish and brownish markings and four or five whorls.

Distribution and remarks.

According to Valdovinos (1999) this species has records in Chile from La Serena (29°54'S, 71°15'W) to the Chiloé Island, and the Juan Fernandez Archipelago (33°38'S, 78°84'W). This is the northernmost record of this species in Chile and it is the only introduced land snail species found in the area.