First record of the New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J.E. Gray, 1843) (Tateidae, Mollusca) in Africa
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https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2021.v77.303Keywords:
new arrival, Morocco, aquatic invasion, New Zealand mudsnail, alien gastropodAbstract
Listed recently in the top “hundred worst” alien species and the third “worst alien” mollusc in Europe, the New Zealand mudsnail has become cosmopolitan. We report its first finding in the African continent, in Morocco. Established populations of Potamopyrgus antipodarum were found in the Low Moulouya wetland, a Ramsar and Biological and Ecological Interest Site (SIBE), occupying natural and anthropogenic habitats (spring, river and artificial canal). The invasion process seems to be in its early stages, calling for drastic measures to control its invasion progress.
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