Paropeas achatinaceum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinidae.[4]
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| Species: | P. achatinaceum
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| Paropeas achatinaceum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[1]
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Taxonomy
editThe subgenus Paropeas within the genus Prosopeas was elevated to generic status in 1994, based on the anatomy of this species.[5]
Description
editParopeas achatinaceum is a small snail with an oblong shell.
The reproductive system of Paropeas achatinaceum was described by Naggs (1994)[5] and by Azuma (1995).[6]
Distribution
editParopeas achatinaceum is native to Southeast Asia[7] It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region.[5]
The type locality is Java.[3]
Distribution include:
The non-native distribution of Paropeas achatinaceum includes:
- It became established in the Hawaiian Islands in the early 1900s.[7]
Although it has not been reported from anywhere else in the Neotropics, it was recently (December 2002) intercepted during preclearance of a shipment of Eryngium from Puerto Rico to Georgia, USA.[7] It is possible that the source of the specimen was the Dominican Republic, because much of the Eryngium shipped to the U.S. mainland from Puerto Rico is actually of Dominican origin.[7]
- USA - introduced:[7]
- It was first detected on a shipment in Florida in 2002.[7]
- Miami-Dade County, Florida - it has been reported since 2003 in the wild[7]
- Broward County, Florida - it has been reported since 2003 in the wild[7]
Ecology
editParopeas achatinaceum is a phytophagous (plant eating) snail, which like many other subulinids, feeds on the roots of a wide variety of different plants, including those of the pineapple.[7]
References
editThis article incorporates public domain text, a public domain work of the United States Government from the reference.[7]
- ^ Pfeiffer L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam heliceorum. Sectio tertia. T. Fischer, Cassel. 82.
- ^ Reeve L. A. (1848–1850). Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Volume V. Containing the monographs of the genera Bulimus. Achatina. Dolium. Cassis. Turritella. Mesalia. Eglisia. Cassidaria. Oniscia. Eburnia. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, London. , pl. 17.
- ^ a b "Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer, 1846)". Archived 2007-05-03 at archive.today accessed 30 August 2010
- ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Naggs F. (1994). "The reproductive anatomy of Paropeas achatinaceum and a new concept of Paropeas (Pulmonata: Achatinoidea: Subulinidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 60(2): 175-191. doi:10.1093/mollus/60.2.175.
- ^ トクサオカチョウジガイ Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer) の生殖腺系統について Notes of the Genital System of Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer, 1846) [Achatinoidea: Subulinidae]". ちりぼたん The Chiribotan 25(3): 76-78. CiNii.
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Robinson D. G. (16 June 2003). "Invasive Mollusk Survey of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida June 2003". Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. PDF[permanent dead link].
- ^ Wu S.-P., Hwang C.-C., Huang H.-M., Chang H.-W., Lin Y.-S. & Lee P.-F. (2007). "Land Molluscan Fauna of the Dongsha Island with Twenty New Recorded Species". Taiwania 52(2): 145-151. PDF Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
