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Chama asperella

Lamarck, 1819
Mollusca » Not assigned » Chamidae » Chama asperella
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Greek Exclusive Economic Zone 9224 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; 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; Tanzania 529 1; Tanzania 22 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 331 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual

First detection year
2007
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208488
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water; attachment to ship hulls

Other notes

1st Med record: 1990

1st Med country: Turkey

References

Delongeville C, Scaillet R (2010) Echantillonnage de mollusques invasifs et première signalisation de Chama aspersa Reeve, 1846 à Chypre Nord. NOVAPEX / Société 11(1): 3-7.

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
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Akrotiri Environment

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