INVASION OF THE THIARID SNAIL Melanoides tuberculata (MOLLUSCA) IN A CONSERVATION AREA OF THE SEMIARID REGION OF BRAZIL

Evandro Abreu; Silvio Felipe Barbosa Lima; Jéssica Prata; Igor Miyahira; Marcelo Brito; J. Weverton S. Souza; João Silva

doi:10.32435/envsmoke.20236164-72

Authors

Evandro Abreu Universidade Federal da Paraíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8877-2616
Silvio Felipe Barbosa Lima Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Centro de Formação de Professores, Unidade Acadêmica de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7892-5773
Jéssica Prata Universidade Federal da Paraíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0954-5459
Igor Miyahira Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7037-6802
Marcelo Brito Universidade Federal de Sergipe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5346-4074
J. Weverton S. Souza State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Institute of Biology (IB), Post-Graduate Program in Ecology (PPG/ECO), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6378-2968
João Silva Regional University of Cariri (URCA), Center for Biological and Health Sciences (CCBS), Post-Graduate Program in Biological Diversity and Natural Resources (PPGDR), Ceará, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-3206

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32435/envsmoke.20236164-72%20%20

Keywords:

Gastropoda, Thiaridae, invasive species, Paraíba, northeastern Brazil

Abstract

This paper records the invasive gastropod Melanoides tuberculata in a limnetic ecosystem located in integral protection area in the semiarid region of the state of Paraíba in northeast Brazil. Live individuals were collected and photographed along shallow margins of the Piranhas Reservoir associated with different types of substrates. Photographic quadrants were used to calculate the number of living individuals and empty shells on different substrates. Individuals of M. tuberculata were found at five sampling sites in the littoral zone on different types of substrates with densities ranging of 13 ind.(m²)^-1 to 22 ind.(m²)^-1. The average density of individuals was: 18 ind.(m²)^-1 on thin sediment, 15 ind.(m²)^-1 on gravel and 20 ind.(m²)^-1 on rocks. Empty shells were extremely abundant in the terrestrial zone of the reservoir. We did not observe native species of freshwater molluscs in the marginal areas of the reservoir in which the specimens of M. tuberculata were found. Knowledge about the distribution, establishment and impact caused of M. tuberculata in limnetic ecosystems of the Brazilian semi-arid region needs to be better studied in order to ascertain the degree of impact on native species and environmental modifications that reflect negatively on ecosystems.

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J. Weverton S. Souza, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Institute of Biology (IB), Post-Graduate Program in Ecology (PPG/ECO), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Institute of Biology (IB), Post-Graduate Program in Ecology (PPG/ECO), Avenida Bertrand Russel, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz - Barão Geraldo 13083-865, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

João Silva, Regional University of Cariri (URCA), Center for Biological and Health Sciences (CCBS), Post-Graduate Program in Biological Diversity and Natural Resources (PPGDR), Ceará, Brazil

Regional University of Cariri (URCA), Center for Biological and Health Sciences (CCBS), Post-Graduate Program in Biological Diversity and Natural Resources (PPGDR), Pimenta, Crato 63105-000, Ceará, Brazil

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