“…Pseudosuccinea columella is thought to have originated from Central America, the Caribbean and the southern part of North America (Mas-Coma et al, 2005), and this review has shown that this species has been successfully introduced and established in other continents with varying environmental and ecological conditions. The results from this review showed that in addition to its native regions (Dar et al, 2014;Martin et al, 2016;Lounnas et al, 2017;Alba et al, 2018;Vignoles et al, 2018;Carolus et al, 2019), P. columella has been documented in Africa, Europe, South America (Martin et al, 2016;Lounnas et al, 2017;Alba et al, 2018) and Oceania (Martin et al, 2016;Lounnas et al, 2017;Alba et al, 2018;Vignoles et al, 2018;Alba et al, 2019b). The results further indicate that from these four newly invaded continents, this invasive freshwater snail has been reported in 19 countries, but is now well established and widely distributed in Africa and South America, and is least distributed in Oceania (Lounnas et al, 2017).…”