Sobre la presència d’Otala xanthodon (Anton, 1838) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) a la península Ibèrica Sobre la presència d’Otala xanthodon (Anton, 1838) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) a la península Ibèrica

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Aharón Marco Fenoll
Aharón Marco Fenoll
Carlos E. Prieto
Sergio Quiñonero-Salgado
Joaquín López-Soriano

In this article, the first known established population of Otala xanthodon (Helicidae) is given for the Iberian Peninsula. Some few thousands of live specimens were found at the Sierra de Callosa de Segura mountain system (Baix Segura, Alicante province). The specimens were found preferably in sunny environments at an altitude above 400m, mainly on Macrochloa and Asphodelus plants or hidden in crevices. This is a species native to north Africa and is apparently already cited in the south of France. Its presence in an environment of high ecological value could endanger some endemic snails present in these mountains, particularly those of the genus Iberus.

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Gastropod, alien, Ibero-African fauna

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Marco Fenoll, Aharón et al. «Sobre la presència d’Otala xanthodon (Anton, 1838) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) a la península Ibèrica: Sobre la presència d’Otala xanthodon (Anton, 1838) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) a la península Ibèrica». Nemus. Revista de l’Ateneu de Natura, n.º 11, pp. 127-34, https://raco.cat/index.php/Nemus/article/view/391610.

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