| Specimen ID | 272051 |
| Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
| Genus | Sinanodonta |
| Species | woodiana |
| Common Name | Chinese pond mussel |
| State | NJ |
| County | Hunterdon |
| Locality | fish ponds, off Joe Ent Road, 3.3 air miles south-southeast of the center of Pittstown, Franklin Township, Hunterdon County |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Middle Delaware-Musconetcong |
| HUC8 Number | 02040105 |
| HUC10 Name | Lower Delaware River |
| HUC10 Number | 0204010509 |
| HUC12 Name | Wickecheoke Creek-Delaware River |
| HUC12 Number | 020401050906 |
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| Collection Day | 7 |
| Collection Month | 6 |
| Collection Year | 2010 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | hitch hiker in aquaculture | hitch hiker with stocked fish |
| Status | eradicated |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 33184 |
| Author: | Bogan, A.E., J. Bowers-Altman, and M.E. Raley |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Title: | The first confirmed record of the Chinese Pond Mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana) (Bivalva:Unionidae) in the United States |
| Journal: | The Nautilus |
| Volume: | 125 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 41-43 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 33187 |
| Author: | Bogan, A.E., J. Bowers-Altman, and M.E. Raley |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Title: | A new threat to conservation of North American freshwater mussels: Chinese Pond Mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana) in the United States |
| Journal: | Tentacle |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Pages: | 39-40 |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 33962 |
| Author: | The Associated Press |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Title: | Invasive monster mussels discovered; officials say they averted an ‘ecological nightmare’ |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania Real-Time News |
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| Comments | Confirmed by DNA analysis. Ponds were a former fish farm. Ponds were lowered and treated with rotenone to kill all fish, but status is unknown. The mussels were eradicated in July-September 2019 with a copper-based product used in 9 ponds (Earth-Tec-QZ). |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | nation |
| Museum Cat Number | NCSM 46965 |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 3 |
| Year Class | adult |
| Size | ~8 in. |
