An integrative study of the invasive jumping-snail Ovachlamys fulgens (Gastropoda, Helicarionidae) in Rio de Janeiro and its fast spreading in Southeastern and Southern Brazil

Abstract The Japanese invasive jumping snail Ovachlamys fulgens is a pest of ornamental plants and an intermediate host of a nematode that causes eosinophilic meningitis. We expand its distribution to eight municipalities from Rio de Janeiro State, and one locality from the Paraná State, and generat...

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Published in:	Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Main Authors:	CAROLINA R. MARCHI, JESSICA CORRÊA-ANTÔNIO, PAULO SÉRGIO RODRIGUES, MONICA A. FERNANDEZ, SILVANA C. THIENGO, HELENE S. BARBOSA, SUZETE R. GOMES
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2021-02-01
Subjects:	Invasive species ornamental plant pest rapid spreading terrestrial mollusk
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652021000300802&tlng=en