Specimen Information

Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
(New Zealand mudsnail)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Exotic

Specimen ID157350
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusPotamopyrgus
Speciesantipodarum
Common NameNew Zealand mudsnail
StateMT
CountyBig Horn
LocalityBighorn River just below the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Bighorn
HUC8 Number10080015
HUC10 NameGrapevine Creek-Bighorn River
HUC10 Number1008001503
HUC12 NameWar Man Creek-Bighorn River
HUC12 Number100800150302
Map
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Collection Day14
Collection Month9
Collection Year2002
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13644
Author:Richards, D., B. Kerans, and D. Gustafson.
Date:2003
Title:New Zealand mudsnail in the Western USA, Chronology of important New Zealand mudsnail discoveries.
Publisher:Montana State University, Dept of Ecology.
Issue:http://wwwesgmontanaedu/aim/mollusca/nzms/
Reference 2
Ref. Number:19769
Author:Montana State University.
Date:2011
Title:New Zealand mudsnails in the Western USA dataset (1995-2010).
CommentsFound in moderate numbers. Found at a very popular tailwater trout fishery. Substantial jump from other known populations. Snails do not appear to extend far downstream.
Record TypeLiterature
Museum Cat NumberG1163
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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