Deroceras reticulatum ( 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 : 1742

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336635
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/933C3E2E-FFEE-FF81-FE49-0183FEC952E2
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Deroceras reticulatum ( Müller, 1774 )
status

Treatment

Deroceras reticulatum ( Müller, 1774)

Description

Martín et al. (2009), Thomas et al. (2010).

Distribution

Native to Europe and currently found in most of North America and many temperate and subtropical countries ( Boyko and Cordeiro 2001). In Chile this species has been found from Valparaíso to Tierra del Fuego ( Valdovinos 1999) and in the Juan Fernández Archipelago and Easter Island ( Boyko and Cordeiro 2001.). The first record of this species in Chile was by Stuardo and Vega (1985).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/established ( Letelier and Ramos 2002)

Remarks

Herbivore, agricultural pest ( Hausdorf 2002). This species has also been identified as an intermediate host of nematode parasites Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera and Cespedes, 1971 and Angiostrongylus cantonensis ( Chen, 1933) ( Maurer et al. 2002) . EA, NA, I.