Melanoides maculata Bruguière, 1789

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 : 1736

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336633
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933C3E2E-FFE0-FF8F-FE4D-00BDFF0C52A6
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Melanoides maculata Bruguière, 1789
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Treatment

Description

Moneva et al. (2012).

Distribution

Native to Asia, Philippines. In Chile this species has been found only in the Lluta river (18°24 ʹ S, 70°19 ʹ W), Región de Arica y Parinacota ( Letelier et al. 2007) GoogleMaps .

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Aquarium trade/established ( Letelier et al. 2007).

Remarks

Detritivore, invasive (parthenogenetic species). This is a common aquarium snail. EA, I.