title: [Four alien medical mollusk found in Dapeng Peninsula, Shenzhen City].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the alien snails in Dapeng Peninsula, Shenzhen City.
  
  
  METHODS
  The survey on the snail diversity in Dapeng Peninsula was carried out from August 2012 to Jan 2013, and the species of the alien snails were identified according to the shell morphology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four species of alien snails including Achatinafulica, Pomacea canaliculata, Physa acuta, and Biomphalaria straminea were found in Dapeng Peninsula, P. acuta was found in all of the collected sites, A. fulica and P. canaliculata were distributed in five regions except Yangmeikeng area, and B. straminea was just found in Dapeng Town.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Four species of important alien snails invade widely in Dapeng Peninsula, Shenzhen City. As their potential risk to the disease transmission and agriculture production, the relative departments should strengthen the control and prevention.
authors: Shi-Kui
authors: SK
authors: Cao
authors: Xin
authors: X
authors: Zhuang
authors: Guan-Guan
authors: GG
authors: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004199:Disease Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D058865:Introduced Species; D062312:Islands; D012908:Snails / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*