Introduced Prophysaon andersonii (J.G. Cooper, 1872) in Quebec, Canada: first record of Prophysaon (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Arionoidea) in eastern North America, confirmed by partial-COI gene sequence

By

Nicolai, Annegret
Forsyth, Robert G.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-3-27

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

307--316

Subjects

Anadenidae , Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I , cytochrome c oxidase subunit I , cytochrome c oxidase subunit I , introduced species , Mollusca , Reticulate Taildropper , terrestrial slugs

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.307

 

Abstract

We report for the first time the terrestrial slug Prophysaon andersonii (J.G. Cooper, 1872) from Quebec, Canada. Two specimens were collected in Parc national du Bic. The identification was determined by the external morphology and partial-COI gene sequence data. The genus Prophysaon is endemic to western North America, and the new record indisputably represents an introduction. No species of Prophysaon has, until now, been noticed in North America from outside its native range.