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Rissoina bertholleti

Issel, 1869
Mollusca » Littorinimorpha » Rissoinidae » Rissoina bertholleti
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 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

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1985
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141375
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
Other notes

1st Med record: 1958

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

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

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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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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