Specimen ID | 236362 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Dreissena |
Species | bugensis |
Common Name | quagga mussel |
State | NV |
County | Clark |
Locality | Lake Mead [Colorado River] at the Las Vegas Boat Harbor [NE of Boulder City, at Hemenway Harbor] |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Lake Mead |
HUC8 Number | 15010005 |
HUC10 Name | Gypsum Wash-Colorado River |
HUC10 Number | 1501000513 |
HUC12 Name | Kingman Wash-Colorado River |
HUC12 Number | 150100051310 |
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Collection Day | 6 |
Collection Month | 1 |
Collection Year | 2007 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on small watercraft |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 27845 |
Author: | Wong, W.H., and S.L. Gerstenberger (eds.) |
Date: | 2015 |
Title: | Biology and Management of Invasive Quagga and Zebra Mussels in the Western United States. |
Publisher: | CRC Press |
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Comments | Two live specimens collected from samplers, a few other observed on a breakwater made of tires. A third mussel was collected from a sampler at Lake Mead Marina. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Earliest Record | state |
Verifier | Dr. Robert McMahon, UT-Arlington, TX |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 2 |
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