The horticultural industry as a vector of alien snails and slugs: widespread invasions in Hawaii

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Alien Non-Marine Snails and Slugs of Priority Quarantine Importance in the United States: A Preliminary Risk Assessment (2009, background): “Others scored as 1 include Xeropicta spp., based on Kiss et al. (2005, reporting on Xeropicta derbentina), Succinea tenella, based on Cowie et al. (2008), Pomacea spp. and Marisa spp. because of their worldwide popularity in the aquarium trade (Rawlings et al. 2007, Hayes et al. 2008), and a number…”
Macro-invertebrates accelerate litter decomposition and nutrient release in a Hawaiian rainforest (2011, background): “While we focused on the macro-invertebrates on one Hawaiian island, our findings may be pertinent throughout the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere, given the wide distributions of many of the invasive macro-invertebrates discussed here (e.g., snails/slugs: Cowie, 2001; Cowie et al., 2008), and the sign”