Specimen Information

Mytilus galloprovincialis
Mytilus galloprovincialis
(Mediterranean blue mussel)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic

Specimen ID52534
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusMytilus
Speciesgalloprovincialis
Common NameMediterranean blue mussel
StateOR
CountyCoos
LocalityCoos Bay
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameCoos
HUC8 Number17100304
Map
Collection Year1994
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping hull fouling | shipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10319
Author:Cohen, A.N., and J.T. Carlton.
Date:1995
Title:Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United States Estuary, A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta.
Journal:Report for USFWS, WA DC, and Connecticut Sea Grant
Publisher:A report for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC and The National Sea Grant College Program Connecticut Sea Grant.
Pages:246 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:9221
Author:Geller, J.B., J.T. Carlton, and D.A. Powers
Date:1994
Title:PCR-based detection of mtDNA haplotypes of native and invading mussels on the northeastern Pacific coast: latitudinal pattern of invasion.
Journal:Marine Biology
Volume:119
Pages:243-249
CommentsYear is publicaton date of source document.
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierJ.B. Geller
Freshwater/MarineMarine


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