Paropeas achatinaceum
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{{Taxobox
| name = Paropeas achatinaceum
| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.67315 - Allopeas javanicum (Reeve, 1849) - Subulinidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
|image_caption= Shell of Paropeas achatinaceum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
| status =
| status_system =
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia = clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
| superfamilia = Achatinoidea
| familia = Achatinidae
| subfamilia = Subulininae
| genus = Paropeas
| species = P. achatinaceum
| binomial = Paropeas achatinaceum
| binomial_authority = (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)Pfeiffer L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam heliceorum. Sectio tertia. T. Fischer, Cassel. 82.
| synonyms =
- Bulimus achatinaceus L. Pfeiffer, 1846
- Achatina javanica L. A. Reeve, 1848-1850Reeve 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.
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Paropeas achatinaceum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinidae.{{WRMS source|278821|Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.|10 January 2019}}
Taxonomy
Description
Paropeas achatinaceum is a small snail with an oblong shell.
The reproductive system of Paropeas achatinaceum was described by Naggs (1994)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}}. and by Azuma (1995).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. [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004759904/en CiNii].
Distribution
Paropeas achatinaceum is native to Southeast Asia It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region.
Distribution include:
- Pratas Island, TaiwanWu 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. [http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2007.52.2.145.pdf PDF] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718024709/http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2007.52.2.145.pdf |date=July 18, 2011 }}.
The non-native distribution of Paropeas achatinaceum includes:
- It became established in the Hawaiian Islands in the early 1900s.
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. 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.
- USA - introduced:
- It was first detected on a shipment in Florida in 2002.
- Miami-Dade County, Florida - it has been reported since 2003 in the wild
- Broward County, Florida - it has been reported since 2003 in the wild
Ecology
Paropeas 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.
References
This article incorporates public domain text, a public domain work of the United States Government from the reference.15px 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. [http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/caps/images/pdf_invasive_mollusk_survey_june2003.pdf PDF]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.
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