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Pyrunculus fourierii

(Audouin, 1826)
Mollusca » Cephalaspidea » Retusidae » Pyrunculus fourierii
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone 833 3; Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone 36978 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual

First detection year
1995
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181174
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
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
Other notes

1st Med record: 1986

1st Med country: Lebanon

References

Buzzurro G, Greppi E (1997) Notes on the mollusks of Cyprus, with special attention to the alloctone species. La Conchiglie 283: 21-31 and 61-62.

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

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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