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Cycloscala hyalina

(G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Mollusca » Not assigned » Epitoniidae » Cycloscala hyalina
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 763 3; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 65217 0; Fiji Islands 23320 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Marquesas 363 1; Marquesas 1570 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 858 3; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 5842 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone 877 3; Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone 36874 0; South Africa (country) 3792 0; South Pacific Ocean 693 2; South Pacific Ocean 344 0; Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone 936 3; Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone 66442 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1992
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139700
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
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: 1992

1st Med country: Cyprus

References

Cecalupo A. & Quadri P., 1994. Contributo alla conoscenza malacologica per il nord dell’ isola di Cipro. Bollettino Malacologico, 30(1-4): 5-16."

Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A, 2009. Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Mediterranean Marine Science 10:109-133.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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