Specimen ID | 255246 |
Group | Mollusks-Gastropods |
Genus | Cipangopaludina |
Species | chinensis |
Common Name | Chinese mysterysnail |
State | MI |
County | Alpena |
Locality | Lake Winyah, shore, boat channel and ponds in private campground |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Thunder Bay |
HUC8 Number | 04070006 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 30 |
Collection Month | 8 |
Collection Year | 2008 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | dispersed | hitch hiker on small watercraft | escaped captivity |
Status | established |
Comments | shells on beach at Lake Winyah, live snails in the boat channel and ponds - several per square meter in shallow water. On weeds and mud bottom; may be a subspecies (C. c. malleata). |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Earliest Record | locale |
Disposal | University of Michigan Mollusk Collection |
Verifier | John Burch, Univ. of MI |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |