Deroceras laeve ( 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 : 1741

Deroceras laeve ( Müller, 1774)

Description

Thomas et al. (2010).

Distribution

Native to North America and introduced in Europe, New Zealand and South America ( Faberi et al. 2006). In Chile this species has been recorded from Caldera (27° S), northern Chile (new records in this work, Table 1), to latitude 46° S, in the Región de Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo ( Letelier and Ramos 2002). The first record of this species in Chile was by Stuardo and Vega (1985).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/established ( Landler and Nuñez 2012)

Remarks

This species has been cited as a pest of crops, feeding on seeds and seedlings ( Faberi et al. 2006). EA, I.