Cargols d'aigua dolça exòtics a Barcelona Authors Cristian R. Altaba Albert Orozco i Sanchís Anna Traveset Jordi Cadevall Abstract Seven species of introduced freshwater snails are found in Barcelona: Potamopyrgus jenkinsi, Radix aff. auricularia, Pseudosuccinea columella, Lymnaea stagnalis, Physella (Haitia) virgata berendti, Planorbella (Seminolina) duryi seminole, and Ferrissia (Pettancylus) wautieri. P. jenkinsi and F. Wautieri are widespread in Europe, the latter being perhaps an autochthonous element. R. all. auricularia clearly belongs to the R. auricularia complex, but differs from other Catalan populations; it has persisted in artificial ponds for almost 70 years. P. columella is a common species in America, has been introduced in many parts of the world, has been reported from several european cities and lives in artificial and semi-natural ponds in Barcelona and Blanes, although later disappeared. P. virgata berendti has a wide distribution in North America and lives in artificial ponds in Barcelona. P. duryi seminole is endemic to Florida but has been introduced, some times deliberately, in many parts of the world; it lives in artificial ponds in Barcelona. P. columella, P. virgata berendti and P. duryi seminole are new for the Catalan and Iberian faunas, and P. virgata berendti is new for Europe. Some of these introduced snails (R. all. auricularia, P. columella and L. stagnalis) could represent health threats, the role of Lymnaeidae as intermediate hosts of fascioliasis being well known. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2005-04-28 Issue Vol. 55 : 1988 (Secció de Zoologia, 7) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural.Authors answer to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.