First record of Carychium minimum Müller, 1774 in New Brunswick, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ellobioidea)

Robert Forsyth

doi:10.15560/11.1.1511

Check List 11(1): e19109, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1511

First record of Carychium minimum Müller, 1774 in New Brunswick, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ellobioidea)

Robert G. Forsyth^‡

‡ New Brunswick Museum, Canada

Corresponding author: Robert Forsyth ( rforsyth@telus.net )

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Citation: Forsyth R (2015) First record of Carychium minimum Müller, 1774 in New Brunswick, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ellobioidea). Check List 11(1): 1511. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1511

Abstract

The minute land snail, Carychium minimum Müller, 1774 is reported from New Brunswick, Canada. This new record further adds additional data to support the supposition that this introduced, European species is probably more widespread over temperate North America than currently known.

Keywords

introduced species; Atlantic Canada; Pulmonata; Ellobioidea; Carychium minimum; Ellobiidae; New Brunswick; Canada