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''Ovachlamys fulgens'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. ''Ovachlamys fulgens'' was originally discovered and described as ''Macrochlamys fulgens'' by the British malacologist Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude in 1900.〔 ==Distribution== The type locality for this species is Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Choo Islands).〔 The type specimens are stored in the Florida Museum of Natural History.〔 The snail is thought to be originally from the Ryukyu Islands.〔 ''Ovachlamys fulgens'' has spread to various countries, most probably accidentally introduced with the orchid trade.〔 Non-indigenous distribution of ''Ovachlamys fulgens'' include: Americas: * Costa Rica〔 Barrientos Z. (24 September 1999). ("''Ovachlamys fulgens'' (Gude, 1900)" ). Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), accessed 27 August 2010.〕〔 The most frequent non-indigenous distribution has this species in Costa Rica.〔 * USA: * * Miami-Dade County, Florida - it was has been reported since 2003, but its wide distribution in the areas sampled strongly indicates that it has been established in southern Florida for some time.〔 * * Broward County, Florida〔〔Robinson, D.G. & J. Slapcinsky. 2005. Recent introductions of alien land snails into North America. ''American Malacological Bulletin'' 20:89-93.〕 - it was has been reported since 2003.〔 * Trinidad〔〔 and Tobago〔 * Colombia〔 Pacific: * Hawaii〔 Several Southeast Asian countries: * Thailand〔 * Singapore〔 This species is already established in the USA, and 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「Ovachlamys fulgens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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