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Conomurex persicus

(Swainson, 1821)
Mollusca » Littorinimorpha » Strombidae » Conomurex persicus
Ηabitat
A: Marine

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Invasive

First detection year
1983
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565371
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water in microscopic stage of life history or as fragments; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1978

1st Med country: Turkey

References

Bazzocchi P (1985) Prima segnalazione di Strombus (Conomurex) decorus raybaudii Nicolay & Romagna-Manoja, 1983 per l’Isola di Cipro. Bolletino Malacologico 21: 64.

Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A (2009) Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Mediterranean Marine Science 10(2): 109-134. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.113

Fischer W, Poklękowski M, Zeimbekis C (2023) New localities of Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821) (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from Tunisia, Corfu, Naxos and other Aegean islands (Greece), and a brief overview of its distribution in the Mediterranean Sea. Arianta 10: 46-51.

Zenetos A, Delongueville C, Scaillet R (2024) An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Xenodiversity. Diversity 16: 299. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16050299

Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6

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