Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID52679
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusPotamopyrgus
Speciesantipodarum
Common NameNew Zealand mudsnail
CountryCanada
StateON
LocalityLake Ontario at Port Weller (Entrance)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameNiagara River
HUC8 Number04270101
HUC10 NameNiagara
HUC10 Number0427010107
HUC12 Name041201040000
HUC12 Number042701010703
Map
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Collection Month8
Collection Year1994
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with stocked fish
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:9363
Author:Zaranko, D.T., D.G. Farara, and F.G. Thompson
Date:1997
Title:Another exotic mollusc in the Laurentian Great Lakes: the New Zealand native Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray 1843)(Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae)
Journal:Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Volume:54
Issue:4
Pages:809-814
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierF.G. Thompson, Florida Mus. Nat. History
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected45/m2


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