Check List 8(3): 537-539, doi: 10.15560/8.3.537
The first record of the European land snail Discus rotundatus (Müller, 1774) from Montreal, Canada (Discidae: Pulmonata)
expand article infoAydin Örstan‡
‡ Carnegie Museum of Natural History, United States of America

Corresponding author: Aydin Örstan ( pulmonate@earthlink.net )

© 2017 Aydin Örstan.
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Citation: Örstan A (2012) The first record of the European land snail Discus rotundatus (Müller, 1774) from Montreal, Canada (Discidae: Pulmonata). Check List 8(3): 537-539. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.3.537
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Abstract
Comparison of the shells of a land snail collected in Montreal, Canada with those of several North American and European Discus species resulted in the identification of the Montreal specimens as the European Discus rotundatus.
Keywords
Mollusca; Gastropoda; Discidae; Quebec; Canada; introduced species