Cuban Garden Snail Zachrysia provisoria

Photo: Tello Neckheim

Classification

Camaenidae [family]

Zachrysia [genus] (1)

Camaenidae [family]

Zachrysia [genus] (1)

Recorded on	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Saba
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Introduced (2) - Bonaire
	Introduced (2) - Curaçao
	Introduced (2) - Saba
	Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten

Distribution description	Native distribution is Cuba, widely introduced in the Caribbean area and Florida (Hovestadt & Van Leeuwen, 2017).

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Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Introduced agricultural pests, plant and animals diseases and vectors in the Dutch Caribbean, with an “Alert species” list. 1-35. IMARES, Wageningen.
Clement, D., Nolf, P., Nolf, F. 2016. Shelling on Sint-Maarten/Saint Martin, the 'Friendly Island': Part I: Introduction and land mollusca. Neptunea 14(1): 1-29.
Hovestadt, A. & Leeuwen, S. van 2017. Terrestrial molluscs of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao in the Dutch Caribbean: an updated checklist and guide to identification. Vita Malacologica 16: 1-39.
Hovestadt, A. & Neckheim, C.M. 2020. A critical checklist of the non-marine molluscs of St. Martin, with notes on the terrestrial malacofauna of Anguilla and Saint- Barthélemy, and the description of a new subspecies. Folia Conchyliologica 57: 1-38.
Leeuwen, S. van, Bakker, P.A.J., Neckheim, C.M. & Tooren, B.F. van 2023. Verslag van een slakkenexpeditie naar Bonaire. Spirula 437: 17-21.
Neckheim, C.M. & Hovestadt, A. 2016. Land- en zoetwatermollusken verzameld op Sint Maarten (Nederlandse Antillen) en Saint Martin. Spirula 409: 18-24.