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''Bulimulus bonariensis'' has been introduced to the southeastern United States and is spreading rapidly. As of January 2024 it is widespread throughout Florida and coastal Alabama and around Houston, Texas, with scattered records from coastal Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana as well as around Austin and College Station, Texas, and in several other areas of eastern and southern Texas, as well as in Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.<ref name="inaturalist-Bulimulus bonariensis" /> |
''Bulimulus bonariensis'' has been introduced to the southeastern United States and is spreading rapidly. As of January 2024 it is widespread throughout Florida and coastal Alabama and around Houston, Texas, with scattered records from coastal Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana as well as around Austin and College Station, Texas, and in several other areas of eastern and southern Texas, as well as in Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.<ref name="inaturalist-Bulimulus bonariensis" /> |
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These snails were first reported in Florida in the Jacksonville area in 2009 and had reached the western Florida panhandle by 2017 |
These snails were first reported in Florida in the Jacksonville area in 2009 and had reached the western Florida panhandle by 2017.<ref name='Rabelo2022>{{cite journal |last1=Rabelo|first1=M.M.|last2=Dimase |first2=M.|last3=Paula-Moraes|first3=S.V. |date=2022| title=Ecology and management of the invasive land snail Bulimulus bonariensis (Rafinesque, 1833)(Stylommatophora: Bulimulidae) in row crops|journal=Frontiers in Insect Science|volume=2|pages=1056545|url=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2022.1056545}}</ref> |
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==Habitat== |
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==Ecology== |
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Like other successful invasive species, high reproductive capacity, a generalist diet, and release from co-evolved enemies have probably contributed to its spread.<ref name='Rabelo2022 /> |
Like other successful invasive species, high reproductive capacity, a generalist diet, and release from co-evolved enemies have probably contributed to its spread.<ref name='Rabelo2022 /> |
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''Bulimulus bonariensis'' is an emerging crop pest.<ref name='Rabelo2022 /> Concerns include interfering with irrigation equipment by covering microjets <ref name='Diepenbrock2023'>{{cite web |title="" |url=https://citrusindustry.net/2023/08/09/developing-management-for-a-new-snail-pest/| author = Lauren Diepenbrock| date=2023| date-accessed=2024-01-20}}</ref> and being sucked into peanut harvesting equipment, causing contamination.<ref name='Rabelo2022 /> It does not normally consume crops, but may feed on crop plants at sites of previous damage.<ref name='Diepenbrock2023' /> |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bulimulidae |
| Genus: | Bulimulus |
| Species: | B. bonariensis
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Bulimulus bonariensis (Ghost Bulimulus) is a species of snail in the order Stylommatophora, family Bulimulidae.[1][2]
Description
Range
Bulimulus bonariensis is native to southeastern South America, including Uruguay, northeastern Argentina, southern Paraguay, and the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil from Rio Grande so Sul at least as far north as Espirito Santo state.[1] There are also scattered records from northern South America (Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela) and Central America (Panama, Nicaragua).[1]
Bulimulus bonariensis has been introduced to the southeastern United States and is spreading rapidly. As of January 2024 it is widespread throughout Florida and coastal Alabama and around Houston, Texas, with scattered records from coastal Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana as well as around Austin and College Station, Texas, and in several other areas of eastern and southern Texas, as well as in Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.[1]
These snails were first reported in Florida in the Jacksonville area in 2009 and had reached the western Florida panhandle by 2017.[3]
Habitat
These snails can thrive in disturbed agricultural environments.[3]
Ecology
Like other successful invasive species, high reproductive capacity, a generalist diet, and release from co-evolved enemies have probably contributed to its spread.[3]
Bulimulus bonariensis is an emerging crop pest.[3] Concerns include interfering with irrigation equipment by covering microjets [4] and being sucked into peanut harvesting equipment, causing contamination.[3] It does not normally consume crops, but may feed on crop plants at sites of previous damage.[4]
Etymology
Taxonomy
Bulimulus bonariensis was described as Siphalomphix bonariensis by Rafinesque in 1833. The type locality is northeastern Argentina.[2][5]
Bulimulus bonariensis contains the following subspecies:
- Bulimulus bonariensis bonariensis (Rafinesque, 1833)[1]
- Bulimulus bonariensis sporadicus (d'Orbigny, 1835)[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ghost Bulimulus (Bulimulus bonariensis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ a b c "Bulimulus bonariensis (Rafinesque, 1833)". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ a b c d e Rabelo, M.M.; Dimase, M.; Paula-Moraes, S.V. (2022). "Ecology and management of the invasive land snail Bulimulus bonariensis (Rafinesque, 1833)(Stylommatophora: Bulimulidae) in row crops". Frontiers in Insect Science. 2: 1056545.
- ^ a b Lauren Diepenbrock (2023). """".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|date-accessed=ignored (help) - ^ Rafinesque, C.S. (1833). "On 3 N[ew].G[enera]. of land shells from Buenos Ayres in South America". Atlantic Journal. 5: 165.
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