Cornu aspersum
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Ordo: Pulmonata
Familia: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Cornu
Name
Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Helix (Cryptomphalus) aspersa: Stuardo and Vega 1985[1]: 136; Valdovinos 1999[2]: 151. Cornu aspersum: Landler and Nuñez 2012[3]: 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)[2] 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.
Taxon Treatment
- Araya, J; Catalán, R; 2014: A review of the non-bulimulid terrestrial Mollusca from the Region of Atacama, northern Chile ZooKeys, 398: 33-51. doi
Other References
- ↑ Stuardo J, Vega R (1985) Synopsis of the land Mollusca of Chile. With remarks on distribution. Studies on Neotropical Fauna 20(3): 125-146. doi: 10.1080/01650528509360682
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Valdovinos C (1999) Biodiversidad de moluscos chilenos: Base de datos taxonómica y distribucional. Gayana Zoología 63(2): 111-164.
- ↑ Landler L, Nuñez J (2012) European invaders in South America: terrestrial snails and slugs in southern Chile. Journal of Conchology 41(2): 263-265.
