Garden Centres and the Alien Land Mollusk Spread in the Lviv Region, Ukraine

A total of 20 species of land mollusks were recorded near the 12 garden centres surveyed, more than half of which were introduced to Western Ukraine. Of the alien species, Arion vulgaris, Deroceras caucasicum, Krynickillus melanocephalus, Cepaea hortensis, C. nemoralis, and Monacha cartusiana were p...

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Hauptverfasser: Gural-Sverlova , N. V., Gural, R. I.
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Veröffentlicht: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2025
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description A total of 20 species of land mollusks were recorded near the 12 garden centres surveyed, more than half of which were introduced to Western Ukraine. Of the alien species, Arion vulgaris, Deroceras caucasicum, Krynickillus melanocephalus, Cepaea hortensis, C. nemoralis, and Monacha cartusiana were present at all or most sites. However, the dispersal of M. cartusiana may be associated with motor transport rather than garden centres. Garden centres also contribute to increasing the phenotypic diversity of both introduced Cepaea species in the Lviv Region. In the case of C. hortensis, this includes the recent appearance of several heritable colouration traits, locally occurring even in natural populations of the species. Of greatest economic importance is the invasion of garden centres by two dangerous pests, Arion vulgaris and Deroceras caucasicum.
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spelling zoodiv-article-7382025-12-18T11:49:27Z Garden Centres and the Alien Land Mollusk Spread in the Lviv Region, Ukraine Gural-Sverlova , N. V. Gural, R. I. terrestrial mollusks Gastropoda Cepaea introduced species Western Ukraine A total of 20 species of land mollusks were recorded near the 12 garden centres surveyed, more than half of which were introduced to Western Ukraine. Of the alien species, Arion vulgaris, Deroceras caucasicum, Krynickillus melanocephalus, Cepaea hortensis, C. nemoralis, and Monacha cartusiana were present at all or most sites. However, the dispersal of M. cartusiana may be associated with motor transport rather than garden centres. Garden centres also contribute to increasing the phenotypic diversity of both introduced Cepaea species in the Lviv Region. In the case of C. hortensis, this includes the recent appearance of several heritable colouration traits, locally occurring even in natural populations of the species. Of greatest economic importance is the invasion of garden centres by two dangerous pests, Arion vulgaris and Deroceras caucasicum. Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2025-09-18 Article Article application/pdf https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/738 10.15407/zoo2025.06.505 Zoodiversity; Vol. 59 No. 6 (2025): Zoodiversity Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii); Том 59 № 6 (2025): Zoodiversity 2707-7268 2707-725X 10.15407/zoo2025.06 en https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/738/356 Copyright (c) 2025 Ніна Гураль-Сверлова, Roman Gural
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Garden Centres and the Alien Land Mollusk Spread in the Lviv Region, Ukraine
title Garden Centres and the Alien Land Mollusk Spread in the Lviv Region, Ukraine
title_full Garden Centres and the Alien Land Mollusk Spread in the Lviv Region, Ukraine
title_fullStr Garden Centres and the Alien Land Mollusk Spread in the Lviv Region, Ukraine
title_full_unstemmed Garden Centres and the Alien Land Mollusk Spread in the Lviv Region, Ukraine
title_short Garden Centres and the Alien Land Mollusk Spread in the Lviv Region, Ukraine
title_sort garden centres and the alien land mollusk spread in the lviv region, ukraine
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Gastropoda
Cepaea
introduced species
Western Ukraine
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