Specimen ID | 159416 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Pisidium |
Species | supinum |
Common Name | humpbacked peaclam |
Locality | Great Lakes Region |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | HUC2 |
HUC8 Name | Great Lakes Region |
HUC8 Number | 04000000 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1959 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 13596 |
Author: | Grigorovich, I.A., R.I. Colautti, E.L. Mills, K. Holeck, A.G. Ballert, and H.J. MacIsaac |
Date: | 2003 |
Title: | Ballast-mediated animal introductions in the Laurentian Great Lakes: retrospective and prospective analyses. |
Journal: | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
Volume: | 60 |
Pages: | 740-756 |
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Comments | This species is considered introduced (Burch 1975b; Clarke 1973), but fossil records from Idaho & Alberta (Herrington 1962) suggest it may be indigenous to N. America. Most common in Great Lakes and St. Lawrence drainage basins; in large rivers (Ottawa River, St. Lawrence River). |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | nation |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |