EPPO Global Database

Bradybaena similaris(BRABSI)

Distribution details in Argentina

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Acccording to Serniotti et al. (2019): first recorded in Buenos Aires city in 1875 but did not establish. Introducted again in northeastern Argentina a century later but remained unoticed because of taxonomic misidentification. As of 2019, few records have been made from Tucuman, Misiones and Entre Rios provinces.
References
* Drahg F (1999) Primera cita de Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1821) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) en Argentina. Acta Zoológica Lilloana 45(1), 149–150.

* Serniotti EN, Guzmán LB, Beltramino AA, Vogler RE, Rumi A, Peso JG (2019) New distributional records of the exotic land snail Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1822) (Gastropoda, Bradybaenidae) in Argentina. BioInvasions Records 8, 301–313, https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2019.8.2.12
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Brazil Espirito Santo Present, no details view...
Brazil Present, widespread view...
Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Present, no details view...
Uruguay Present, no details view...