Check List 15(3): 479-483, doi: 10.15560/15.3.479
New records of the invasive mollusk Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda, Thiaridae) in the Brazilian Northeast
expand article infoEdson Lourenço da Silva‡, Manuella Feitosa Leal§, Orianna dos Santos|, Adriana Josefa da Rocha, Ana Carolina Landim Pacheco, Tamaris Gimenez Pinheiro
‡ Instituto Federal do Piaui. Avenida Pedro Marques de Medeiros, s/n. Bairro Pantanal. Picos - PI, CEP: 64606-115, Brasil, PICOS, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Piauí, campus Senador Helvídio Nunes de Barros, Rua Cícero Duarte, 905 - Junco, Picos - PI, CEP: 64607-670, Brasil, PICOS, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Piauí, campus Senador Helvídio Nunes de Barros, Rua Cícero Duarte, 905 - Junco, Picos - PI, CEP: 64607-670, Brasil., PICOS, Brazil¶ Universidade Federal do Piauí, campus Senador Helvídio Nunes de Barros, Rua Cícero Duarte, 905 - Junco, Picos - PI, CEP: 64607-670, Brasil., Picos, Brazil

Corresponding author: Edson Lourenço da Silva ( ed.loren@uol.com.br )

Academic editor: Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador
© Edson Lourenço da Silva, Manuella Feitosa Leal, Orianna dos Santos, Adriana Josefa da Rocha, Ana Carolina Landim Pacheco, Tamaris Gimenez Pinheiro.
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Citation: Silva EL, Leal MF, Santos O, Rocha AJ, Pacheco ACL, Pinheiro TG (2019) New records of the invasive mollusk Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda, Thiaridae) in the Brazilian Northeast. Check List 15(3): 479-483. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.3.479
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Abstract

Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) was recorded during field surveys of the malacofauna of Território Vale do Guaribas in Piauí state, northeastern Brazil. Individuals were observed every month (June 2017–September 2018) in both lotic and lentic habitats. Considering that M. tuberculata has high reproductive and adaptative capacities besides being an intermediate host of digenetic trematodes, this invasive species is expected to be a threat to native biodiversity. Furthermore, it may become a serious environmental problem considering the multiple uses of the water bodies where it lives.

Keywords
Aquatic snail, bioinvasion, invasive species, semiarid