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Balashov I, Markova A. A further northward expansion of the invasive land snails Monacha cartusiana and M. Fruticola (Stylommatophora: Hygromiidae) in Eastern Europe. FOLIA MALACOLOGICA 2023. [DOI: 10.12657/folmal.031.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Land snails of the genus Monacha are shown to have expanded widely northward in Eastern Europe during the last decade. Previously their ranges there were limited to Southern Ukraine, Caucasus and several isolated colonies in Western Ukraine. Our new reports cover all parts of Ukraine, as well as some regions of southern Belarus and western Russia. We have sampled 5 large colonies of M. cartusiana in Kyiv region (Central Ukraine) and one in Kharkiv city (northeastern Ukraine), as well as two colonies of M. fruticola in Kyiv city. We also report 72 new records of the subgenus Monacha (M. cf. cartusiana) in Eastern Europe, based mostly on the photographs from citizen science databases (iNaturalist, UkrBIN). The distribution of M. cartusiana around Kyiv city has shown an especially rapid and wide expansion; we report on 36 colonies, some of which are very abundant and cover several tens of hectares each, while the oldest known record of Monacha in this region is only from 2017. Origin, expansion and perspectives of the Monacha species in Eastern Europe are discussed.
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Balashov I, Markova A. Expansion of the invasive Balkan slug Tandonia kusceri (Stylommatophora: Milacidae): A new frontier in northern Ukraine and other new records. FOLIA MALACOLOGICA 2023. [DOI: 10.12657/folmal.031.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The distribution of the invasive slug Tandonia kusceri is reviewed and mapped with our new findings and previously unpublished recent reports based on photographs from citizen science databases (iNaturalist, UkrBIN). Two new colonies of T. kusceri were found and monitored in Kyiv city (Northern Ukraine) during the 2021–2022. These colonies are about 350 km north from the nearest previously published records of this species, as well as any other species of Milacidae in Eastern Europe. The slugs inhabit the urban open and semi-open landscapes of Kyiv city together with several other invasive molluscs, in one locality notably together with Oxychilus translucidus, Harmozica ravergiensis and Xerolenta obvia. One specimen of T. kusceri was found in a basement of a private estate in Radyvyliv town (Rivne region, Northern Ukraine) in 2020, but it is unknown whether it represents an established colony. Previously unpublished reports of T. kusceri on iNaturalist include two reliable findings from the Caucasian region, in Georgia and Russia, both in 2021. These are the first reports of any Tandonia in Caucasus, as well as in the mentioned countries, with one in Georgia being the eastmost frontier for this genus. In addition to a previously published 2013 report of T. kusceri near Chicago, USA, there are multiple iNaturalist reports of this slug in southern Ontario, Canada (600 km east of Chicago), starting from 2017. Moreover, there are several new reports of T. kusceri in Ukraine, including Kherson, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rig, Marhanets and Kamianets-Podilskyi cities. Considering that most of our new T. kusceri records are from the 2020s, it is most likely that slug has invaded these regions very recently and is still continuing to expand northward and eastward in Europe. This species is expected to further extend its range both in Europe and North America.
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Mikhailov RA. Features of Spatial Distribution of Alien Mollusks of the Genus Dreissena in a Large Tributary of the Reservoir of the Middle Volga (by the Example of the Sviyaga River). RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s2075111722040075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Gojšina VZ. New Serbian records of the slug Tandonia kusceri (H. Wagner, 1931) (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Milacidae) suggest its continuous dispersal to the north. FOLIA MALACOLOGICA 2021. [DOI: 10.12657/folmal.029.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Tandonia kusceri (H. Wagner) is a terrestrial slug native to the Balkan Peninsula (S. Serbia, N. Macedonia, Bulgaria and Dobrudja region of Romania) and the European part of Turkey. In Serbia, it was known mostly from the southern regions. The northernmost locality (Palić settlement, near Subotica) reported here suggests that the slug’s distribution is nearly continuous from its native range until Slovakia. The new record was first recognised from the pictures posted on a Facebook group for insect identification in 2021. The identification was subsequently confirmed by anatomical examination. This further emphasises the importance of social media in monitoring the spread of invasive invertebrates.
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Butkus R, Baltrūnaitė L, Arbačiauskas K, Audzijonytė A. Two lineages of the invasive New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum spreading in the Baltic and Black sea basins: low genetic diversity and different salinity preferences. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02340-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Turóci Á, Fehér Z, Krízsik V, Páll-Gergely B. Two new alien slugs, Krynickillus melanocephalus Kaleniczenko, 1851 and Tandonia kusceri (H. Wagner, 1931), are already widespread in Hungary. ACTA ZOOL ACAD SCI H 2020. [DOI: 10.17109/azh.66.3.265.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Two slug species (Krynickillus melanocephalus Kaleniczenko, 1851 and Tandonia kusceri (H. Wagner, 1931)) are reported from Hungary for the first time. Identification was supported by anatomical examination in both, and molecular data in the latter species. A citizen science survey applying a Realtime Social Networking Service (RSNS) method using Facebook posts revealed that both species are already widespread in Hungary, i.e. Krynickillus melanocephalus is reported from 14 and Tandonia kusceri from 25 sites. So far, we received no reports on any damage caused by these two slug species. Nevertheless, we treat them as potential horticultural pests requiring further attention.
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Micaroni V, Strano F, Di Franco D, Crocetta F, Grech D, Piraino S, Boero F. Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: a biodiversity inventory of the coastal area of Tricase (Ionian Sea, Italy) – Mollusca: Heterobranchia. EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2018.1462413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- V. Micaroni
- Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo s.n.c, Avamposto MARE, Tricase, Italy
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- Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo s.n.c, Avamposto MARE, Tricase, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita (D.S.V.), Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia ed Evoluzione Organismi Marini (B.E.O.M.), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente (Di.S.V.A.), Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Benthos Ecology Center, Napoli, Italy
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- Maremmana Ecologia S.r.l., Reparto Ambientale, Grosseto, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (Di.S.Te.B.A.), Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (Co.N.I.S.Ma.), Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (Di.S.Te.B.A.), Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (Co.N.I.S.Ma.), Roma, Italy
- Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ISMAR), UO Genova, Genova, Italy
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Semenchenko VP, Son MO, Novitsky RA, Kvatch YV, Panov VE. Alien macroinvertebrates and fish in the Dnieper River basin. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s2075111715010063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Balashov IA, Son MO, Coadă V, Welter-Schultes F. An updated annotated checklist of the molluscs of the Republic of Moldova. FOLIA MALACOLOGICA 2013. [DOI: 10.12657/folmal.021.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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