Specimen ID | 1617677 |
Group | Mollusks-Gastropods |
Genus | Potamopyrgus |
Species | antipodarum |
Common Name | New Zealand mudsnail |
State | MT |
County | Ravalli |
Locality | Private fish hatchery, Hamilton Montana |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Bitterroot |
HUC8 Number | 17010205 |
HUC10 Name | Bitterroot River-Hamilton |
HUC10 Number | 1701020510 |
HUC12 Name | Bitterroot River-Canyon Creek |
HUC12 Number | 170102051003 |
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Collection Month | 9 |
Collection Year | 2019 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker in aquaculture |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 33718 |
Author: | Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
Date: | 2019 |
Title: | FWP finds New Zealand mud snails in private fish hatchery near Hamilton. |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 33706 |
Author: | Backus, P. |
Date: | 2019 |
Title: | Invasive New Zealand mud snails found at Hamilton fish hatchery |
Publisher: | The Ravalli Republic |
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Comments | Introduced into the hatchery via a shipment of trout from a South Dakota fish hatchery; hatchery quarantined when snails were discovered to try to eradicate the population. |
Record Type | Literature |
Verifier | Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |