Vol. 76 (4) 2024

ARTICLES

First Record of the Exotic Terrestrial Snail Carychium minimum Müller, 1774 (Gastropoda: Ellobiidae) in Chile

Gonzalo A. Collado1*, Viviana Castillo2 & Álvaro Alonso3

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1*Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillán, Chile; gcollado@ubiobio.cl

2Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, República 440, Santiago, Chile; vm.castillo.b@gmail.com

3Universidad de Alcalá, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Unidad Docente de Ecología, Biological Invasions Research Group, Universidad de Alcalá, 28801, Plaza San Diego s/n, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; alvaro.alonso@uah.es

https://doi.org/10.71424/azb76.4.002773

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Abstract
The Herald Thorn Carychium minimum, a tiny terrestrial snail native to Europe, is documented for the first time in Chile. The species was discovered in 2012 in El Totoral, near the San Antonio port in the Valparaíso Region (Central Chile). The presence of both juvenile and adult individuals depicts this species as a naturalised exotic snail. Carychium minimum is the second species of the genus Carychium recorded in Chile, succeeding Carychium biondii.

Key words
COI gene, invasive species, land snails, Eupulmonata

How to Cite
Collado G.A., Castillo V. & Alonso Á. 2024. First Record of the Exotic Terrestrial Snail Carychium minimum Müller, 1774 (Gastropoda: Ellobiidae) in Chile. Acta zoologica bulgarica 76 (4) 543-549.

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