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''Diplosolenodes occidentalis'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. ==Distribution== ''Diplosolenodes occidentalis'' was originally discovered and described by Lansdown Guilding from the West Indian island of Saint Vincent. It seems likely that this species is native to most of the Lesser Antilles.〔 The distribution of ''Diplosolenodes occidentalis'' includes the Lesser Antilles: * Dominica〔 - first record in 1884,〔Angas G. F. (1884). "On the terrestrial Mollusca of Dominica, collected during a recent visit to that island". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1883: 594-597, figs. 1-3.〕 then in 1892〔Pilsbry H. A. (1892). "On a collection of land Mollusca from the Island of Dominica, West Indies". ''Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Science'' 8: (356 )-358.〕 It has been introduced to the Greater Antilles, Central America and northern South America:〔 * Nicaragua〔 Pérez A. M., Sotelo M., Arana I. & López A. (2008). "Diversidad de moluscos gasterópodos terrestres en la región del Pacífico de Nicaragua y sus preferencias de hábitat". ''Rev. Biol. Trop.'' 56(1): 317-332,. (PDF )〕 * Costa Rica〔 Barrientos Z. (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". ''Rev. Biol. Trop.'' 51(Suppl. 3): 293-304. (PDF )〕 * In El Hatillo Miranda state - Venezuela〔Baker, Horace B. 1927: The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan – Williamson expedition in Venezuela. Occasional Paper of Museum of zoology. 182:1-51〕〔Martínez E, Rafael y Miranda A, Rafael E. 1968: Aspectos de la reproducción en moluscos pulmonados del área metropolitana de Caracas. En: Estudio de Caracas. Ecología vegetal - fauna Vol:II pp:123=165. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas-Venezuela〕〔Fernández de V, J. 1992: Contribución al conocimiento de las babosas y sietecueros (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía Maracay. 12(3-4):374-387.〕〔Gomes, Suzete R. 2007: Filogenia morfológica de Veronicellidae, filogeniamolecular de Phyllocalis Colosi e descriçao de uma nova espécie para la família (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Gomes, Suzete R. 2007. Universidade Feredal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre. 175p. (PDF )〕 It occurs in greenhouses in Logan County, Oklahoma.〔Branson B. A. (1980). "THE RECENT GASTROPODA OF OKLAHOMA, PART VIII. THE SLUG FAMILIES LIMACIDAE, ARIONIDAE, VERONICELLIDAE, AND PHILOMYCIDAE". ''Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci.'' 60: 29-35. (PDF ).〕 This species has not yet become established in the wild in the USA, but it is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.〔Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". ''American Malacological Bulletin'' 27: 113-132. (PDF ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diplosolenodes occidentalis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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