Galapagos Species Database
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Sarasinula plebeia
Description of the soft parts: Body small, grey-brown with small black dots; the foot is narrower than the hyponotum; pedal gland well delimited; rectum penetrates in the body wall, near the female genital pore; posterior located anus which opens almost central and behind the foot; female genital pore opens away from the foot, in the middle of the right hyponotum; an accessory bursa is lacking; prostate compact; penis short with smooth surface (without spines or granular texture), retractor muscle inserts in its base; deferent duct opens in the distal part of the penis, spate absent, penial gland present, with undifferentiated tubules; 40 × 15 mm (Thomé 1971, 1993; Gomes 2007).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Systellommatophora
Superfamily
Veronicelloidea
Family
Veronicellidae
Genus
Sarasinula
Species
plebeia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Vaginulus pleibeius (Fischer, 1868)
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1966
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Known distribution: Distributed in Asia, Australia and America. Records in CDF collection: area of agriculture of Floreana, Isabela and San Cristóbal Islands, and urban area of Santa Cruz Island
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sarasinula plebeia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15567. Accessed 1 November 2026.