Specimen Information

Bithynia tentaculata
Bithynia tentaculata
(mud bithynia)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Exotic

Specimen ID241140
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusBithynia
Speciestentaculata
Common Namemud bithynia
StateMI
CountyBay
LocalityLake Huron, Saginaw Bay
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLake Huron
HUC8 Number04240002
HUC10 NameLake Huron
HUC10 Number0424000202
HUC12 NameLake Huron
HUC12 Number042400020200
Map
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Collection Year2002
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwayshipping solid ballast
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:16688
Author:Nalepa, T.F., D.L. Fanslow, M.B. Lansing, G.A. Lang, M. Ford, G. Gostenik, and D.J. Hartson.
Date:2002
Title:Abundance, Biomass, and Species Composition of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Populations in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, 1987-1996.
Publisher:NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research, Michigan, Ann Arbor .
Volume:NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-122
Pages:32
Commentsonly a few individuals were found in benthic samples from Saginaw Bay in the 1980s and 1990s
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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