Specimen ID | 155700 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Dreissena |
Species | polymorpha |
Common Name | zebra mussel |
State | VA |
County | Prince William |
Locality | Millbrook Quarry [adjacent to Broad Run where I-66 intersects Prince William and Fauquier county line ~ 4 mi W of Haymarket, VA] |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan |
HUC8 Number | 02070010 |
HUC10 Name | Broad Run |
HUC10 Number | 0207001005 |
HUC12 Name | Catletts Branch-Broad Run |
HUC12 Number | 020700100502 |
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Collection Day | 3 |
Collection Month | 8 |
Collection Year | 2002 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on small watercraft |
Status | eradicated |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 18500 |
Author: | Anonymous. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. |
Date: | 2005 |
Title: | Final environmental assessment, Millbrook Quarry zebra mussel and quagga mussel eradication. |
Publisher: | US Fish and Wildlife Service. |
Pages: | 112 pp |
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Comments | Mussels were well established, several year classes were present. This population was successfully eradicated in 2006 using potassium chloride. (From a voucher photo, quaggas may have also been present.) |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Earliest Record | state |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 20 |
Year Class | adult |
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