Skip to main content
Home

User account menu

  • Home
  • Blogs
  • News
  • Project Members
  • Resources
    • General project outputs
    • Outreach materials
    • Biodiversity recording on Cyprus
    • Wetland ecology and monitoring
    • CyDAS – Database of Alien Species
    • PoMS-Ký – Pollinator monitoring
    • Mini PoMS-Ký
    • Explore all records
    • Invasive species and biosecurity
  • Contact us
  • Log in
  • Explore Akrotiri

Cerithiopsis pulvis

(Issel, 1869)
Mollusca » Not assigned » Cerithiopsidae » Cerithiopsis pulvis
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0

Hold Ctrl whilst dragging to view details of selected occurrences.

Habitat detail

All Cerithiopsis species live on sponges.

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1985
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139082
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1978

1st Med country: Israel

References

Bogi C, Coppini M, Margelli A (1989) Contributo alla conoscenza della Malacofauna dell’alto Tirreno (Aggiornamento). La Conchiglia 21 (233-236): 25-29.

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

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

Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

Footer menu

  • Privacy Notice
  • Terms and conditions of use
Copyright © 2026 RIS-ky. Website designed and developed by BRC