Specimen Information

Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
(New Zealand mudsnail)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Exotic

Specimen ID1884170
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusPotamopyrgus
Speciesantipodarum
Common NameNew Zealand mudsnail
StateCA
CountyHumboldt
LocalityLittle River
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMad-Redwood
HUC8 Number18010102
HUC10 NameBig Lagoon-Frontal Pacific Ocean
HUC10 Number1801010205
HUC12 NameLittle River
HUC12 Number180101020502
Map
Collection Day21
Collection Month7
Collection Year2025
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaydispersed | hitch hiker
CommentsA restoration project is in progress in the unnamed ditch flowing into Little River. Confluence of Little River and ditch at tidegate at mouth of ditch and within the ditch. Many snails observed on sandbacks placed on exclusion fence just upstream of the tidegate. In Little River, dead snails observed on rocks immediately below tidegate.
Record TypeNAS sighting report
VerifierBeatrijs deWaard (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected500


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2026]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [1/23/2026].

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