Specimen ID | 272051 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Sinanodonta |
Species | woodiana |
Common Name | Chinese pond mussel |
State | NJ |
County | Hunterdon |
Locality | fish ponds, off Joe Ent Road, 3.3 air miles south-southeast of the center of Pittstown, Franklin Township, Hunterdon County |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Middle Delaware-Musconetcong |
HUC8 Number | 02040105 |
HUC10 Name | Lower Delaware River |
HUC10 Number | 0204010509 |
HUC12 Name | Wickecheoke Creek-Delaware River |
HUC12 Number | 020401050906 |
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Collection Day | 7 |
Collection Month | 6 |
Collection Year | 2010 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker in aquaculture | hitch hiker with stocked fish |
Status | eradicated |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 33184 |
Author: | Bogan, A.E., J. Bowers-Altman, and M.E. Raley |
Date: | 2011 |
Title: | The first confirmed record of the Chinese Pond Mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana) (Bivalva:Unionidae) in the United States |
Journal: | The Nautilus |
Volume: | 125 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 41-43 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 33187 |
Author: | Bogan, A.E., J. Bowers-Altman, and M.E. Raley |
Date: | 2011 |
Title: | A new threat to conservation of North American freshwater mussels: Chinese Pond Mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana) in the United States |
Journal: | Tentacle |
Volume: | 19 |
Pages: | 39-40 |
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Reference 3 |
Ref. Number: | 33962 |
Author: | The Associated Press |
Date: | 2019 |
Title: | Invasive monster mussels discovered; officials say they averted an ‘ecological nightmare’ |
Publisher: | Pennsylvania Real-Time News |
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Comments | Confirmed by DNA analysis. Ponds were a former fish farm. Ponds were lowered and treated with rotenone to kill all fish, but status is unknown. The mussels were eradicated in July-September 2019 with a copper-based product used in 9 ponds (Earth-Tec-QZ). |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | nation |
Museum Cat Number | NCSM 46965 |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 3 |
Year Class | adult |
Size | ~8 in. |