CERNUELLA VIRGATA (DA COSTA, 1778) (MOLLUSCA, GEOMITRIDAE) – AN ADVENTIVE SPECIES IN TURKMENISTAN
Journal: Ekosistemy
Year: 2025

Cernuella virgata (Da Costa, 1778) has been recorded for the first time in Turkmenistan. The species inhabits Ashgabat and its suburbs: Bikrova and Berzengi. The natural range of C. virgata includes the western Mediterranean, the British Isles, Crimea and the vicinity of Novorossiysk. The authors hypothesize that C. virgata was introduced from Europe in the 1990s, when a substantial number of seedlings were imported along with soil for urban landscaping projects. All biotopes inhabited by C. vir