Specimen ID | 1322795 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Dreissena |
Species | sp. |
Common Name | a dreissenid mussel |
State | MT |
Locality | Tiber Reservoir [Lake Elwell] |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Marias |
HUC8 Number | 10030203 |
HUC10 Name | Dead Indian Coulee-Marias River |
HUC10 Number | 1003020321 |
HUC12 Name | Tiber Reservoir |
HUC12 Number | 100302032102 |
Map | |
Collection Month | 11 |
Collection Year | 2016 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on small watercraft | dispersed |
Status | failed |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 29184 |
Author: | Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
Date: | 2016 |
Title: | Water samples test positive for invasive mussel larvae in Tiber Reservoir. |
Publisher: | Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
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Comments | First positive test for larvae in the state. Specimen identified to Dreissena mussel. Montana FWP and USFWS divers spent 3 days in August 2017 and found no adults. A five year restriction was placed on the lake for boating. No additional detections in this waterbody. |
Record Type | Literature |
Verifier | Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Year Class | veliger |