Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records.

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Ref IDTypeAuthorDateTitle
35350 DatabaseBeaty, L.E.2021Exotic snails in Pennsyvania, 2020.
35359 DatabaseBeaty, L.E.2021Exotic snails in Pennsyvania, 2019.
27221 DatabaseBrady, V.2015Great Lakes Coastal Monitoring Project: inverts dataset (through 2013)
24369 DatabaseCenter for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.2024EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system
27378 DatabaseCranberg, C., and R. Keller2020Illinois Database of Aquatic Non-native Species
362 Journal ArticleDundee, D.S.1974Catalog of introduced mollusks of eastern North America (north of Mexico).
43025 DatabaseGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).2021Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
9047 Journal ArticleGriffiths, R.W., S. Thornley, and T.A. Edsall1991Limnological aspects of the St. Clair River
28682 NewsHamilton, E.2015Invasive snails that threaten waterfowl found in new waters.
13074 Journal ArticleHarman, W.N.2000Diminishing species richness of mollusks in Oneida Lake, New York State, USA.
9281 Journal ArticleHarman, Willard N.1968Replacement of pleurocerids by Bithynia in polluted waters of central New York.
31336 Journal ArticleHavel, J.E., L.A. Bruckerhoff, M.A. Funkhouser, and A.R. Gemberling2014Resistance to desiccation in aquatic invasive snails and implications for their overland dispersal
43688 DatabaseIllinois Natural History Survey2024Illinois Natural History Survey - Mollusk Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: 016aa1cb-370a-43e5-a2aa-f3e7c14f94c2). Accessed via the INHS Collections Data Portal (https://biocoll.inhs.illinois.edu/portal)
24058 DatabaseIllinois Natural History Survey.2002Mollusk records from collections of the Illinois Natural History Museum (unpublished data).
27462 DatabaseiMapInvasives: NatureServe’s online data system supporting strategic invasive species management2018Pennsylvania iMapInvasives
27712 DatabaseiMapInvasives: NatureServe’s online data system supporting strategic invasive species management2019New York iMapInvasives
45006 DatabaseiMapInvasives: NatureServe’s online data system supporting strategic invasive species management2025
25944 DatabaseiNaturalist2024 
44949 Journal ArticleKeretz, S.S., D.A. Woolnough, N.M. VanTassel, D.T. Powell, G.E. Sanfilippo, A. Wright, T.J. Morris, A.K. Elgin, E.F. Roseman, and D.T. Zanatta2025Freshwater gastropod (Mollusca: Gastropoda) assemblages, habitat, and the
first detection of an invasive gastropod species in two large,
dreissenid-influenced, connecting rivers
27950 DatabaseMichigan State University Board of Trustees.2019Midwest Invasive Species Information Network (MISIN)
13065 Journal ArticleMills, E.L., D.L. Strayer, M.D. Scheuerell, and J.T. Carlton1996Exotic species in the Hudson River basin: A history of invasions and introductions.
703 Journal ArticleMills, E.L., J.H. Leach, J.T. Carlton, and C.L. Secor1993Exotic species in the Great Lakes: a history of biotic crises and anthropogenic introductions
18054 Journal ArticleMills, E.L., M.D. Scheuerell, J.T. Carlton, and D.L. Strayer1997Biological invasions in the Hudson River basin: an inventory and historical analysis
24065 Web PageMinnesota Department of Natural Resources2011Department of Natural Resources Designation of Infested Waters.
38140 NewsMinnesota Department of Natural Resources2022Faucet snails confirmed in George Lake in Mahnomen County
16688 ReportNalepa, T.F., D.L. Fanslow, M.B. Lansing, G.A. Lang, M. Ford, G. Gostenik, and D.J. Hartson.2002Abundance, Biomass, and Species Composition of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Populations in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, 1987-1996.
28898 NewsPennington, K.2018Infested waters list update
29065 Journal ArticleRoy, C.L., V. St-Louis, and J. House.2016Seasonal distribution of the invasive snail, Bithynia tentaculata, within infested waterbodies in Minnesota, USA, including waterfowl migration
13201 Journal ArticleRuiz, G.M., P.W. Fofonoff, J.T. Carlton, M.J. Wonham, and A.H. Hines2000Invasion of coastal marine communities in North America: apparent patterns, processes, and biases
13061 Journal ArticleStrayer, D.1987Ecology and zoogeography of the freshwater mollusks of the Hudson River Basin.
13062 Journal ArticleStrayer, D.L., and L.C. Smith2000Macroinvertebrates of a rocky shore in the freshwater tidal Hudson River.
19520 Journal ArticleTrebitz, A.S., C.W. West, J.C. Hoffman, J.R. Kelly, G.S. Peterson, and I.A. Grigorovich2010Status of non-indigenous benthic invertebrates in the Duluth-Superior Harbor and the role of sampling methods in their detection.
39842 DatabaseU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service2020Benthic Macroinvertebrate AIS Early Detection efforts on Lake Superior
37923 DatabaseUniversity of Michigan Museum of Zoology2018University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Division of Fishes
28485 DatabaseWakeman, R.2016Wisconsin AIS Monitoring data for Bithynia tentaculata.
18885 DatabaseWalker, Janice.2002Invertebrate database from the Smithsonian Institute.
27924 DatabaseWisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR).2017Lakes and rivers with invasives species
26830 DatabaseWunderlich, M.20122012 Eastern Finger Lakes Benthic Aquatic Invertebrate Assessment (unpublished).

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