Confirmation of Polygyra cereolus (Gastropoda: Polygyridae) in Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles

Laurent Charles (1) , Arnaud Lenoble (2)

1 Museum d'histoire naturelle de Bordeaux
2 PACEA - De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie

Polygyra cereolus (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816) is a small air-breathing snail originating in Florida, which is considered as an invasive species and is reported from a wide area in the south of the United States to Mexico and in some in some Caribbean Islands, Hawaii, Spain and the Arabian peninsula. Here we report the observation of this species in Puerto Rico.

Mots clés: land snail; new record; alien species; Greater Antilles

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire; Biodiversité et Ecologie

Laurent Charles, Arnaud Lenoble. Confirmation of Polygyra cereolus (Gastropoda: Polygyridae) in Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles. Novitates Caribaea, 2020, 16 (16), pp.159-163. ⟨10.33800/nc.vi16.234⟩. ⟨halshs-02906589⟩