{"title":"Introduction of the Predatory Land Snail Species Poiretia delesserti (Spiraxidae) in France","authors":"B. Hausdorf, Stephan Solvery","doi":"10.4002/040.063.0209","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We report an introduction of the predatory land snail Poiretia delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852) (Spiraxidae) from Albania and Greece in Cagnes-sur-Mer in southeastern France discovered by a citizen scientist. An uncontrolled expansion of this species in this region, which is characterized by a high number of endemic land snail species, is likely to result in extinctions. Therefore, we recommend the nature conservation authorities to survey the site to quantify population density and extent and to eradicate the introduced population of P. delesserti via manual collection.","PeriodicalId":49895,"journal":{"name":"Malacologia","volume":"63 1","pages":"307 - 310"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Malacologia","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0209","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ZOOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT We report an introduction of the predatory land snail Poiretia delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852) (Spiraxidae) from Albania and Greece in Cagnes-sur-Mer in southeastern France discovered by a citizen scientist. An uncontrolled expansion of this species in this region, which is characterized by a high number of endemic land snail species, is likely to result in extinctions. Therefore, we recommend the nature conservation authorities to survey the site to quantify population density and extent and to eradicate the introduced population of P. delesserti via manual collection.
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Malacologia publishes papers on all groups of the Mollusca. Malacologia specializes in publishing long papers and monographic treatments. Complete data are especially appreciated. Papers must be of interest to an international readership. Papers in systematics, ecology, population ecology, genetics, molecular genetics, evolution and phylogenetic treatments are especially welcomed. Also welcomed are letters to the editor involving papers published or issues of import to science of the day.