Specimen ID | 1447359 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Dreissena |
Species | polymorpha |
Common Name | zebra mussel |
State | TX |
County | Tarrant |
Locality | West Fork Trinity River, at Lake Worth |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Lower West Fork Trinity |
HUC8 Number | 12030102 |
HUC10 Name | Lake Worth-West Fork Trinity River |
HUC10 Number | 1203010201 |
HUC12 Name | Live Oak Creek-Lake Worth |
HUC12 Number | 120301020104 |
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Collection Year | 2017 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on small watercraft | dispersed |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 31100 |
Author: | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
Date: | 2017 |
Title: | The zebra mussel threat |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 36789 |
Author: | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. |
Date: | 2021 |
Title: | Lake Worth fully infested with zebra mussels. |
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Comments | 2017 TPWD classification as an Postive Lake. Texas designated this as an established population in August 2021. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |