Specimen ID | 1546815 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Sinanodonta |
Species | woodiana |
Common Name | Chinese pond mussel |
State | NJ |
County | Hunterdon |
Locality | Wickecheoke Creek downstream of [the fish ponds off Joe Ent Road] |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Middle Delaware-Musconetcong |
HUC8 Number | 02040105 |
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Collection Year | 2010 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker in aquaculture | hitch hiker with stocked fish |
Status | unknown |
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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Comments | No live specimens found in the creek, only shell material found at three creek locations. Three live mussels were found in fish pond upstream of creek that had stocked fish that host this mussel. It is unknown if fish infected with glochidia made it into the creek. The ponds upstream were treated with a copper based product in July-September 2019 to kill all the mussels. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |