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Isognomon bicolor

(C. B. Adams, 1845)
Mollusca » Ostreida » Isognomonidae » Isognomon bicolor
Common name (English)
Bicolor Purse Oyster
Ηabitat
A: Marine

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2021
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
References

Albano PG, Hong Y, Steger J, Yasuhara M, Bartolini S, Bogi C, Bošnjak M, Chiappi M, Fossati V, Huseyinoglu MF, Jiménez C, Lubinevsky H, Morov AR, Noè S, Papatheodoulou M, Resaikos V, Zuschin M, Guy-Haim T (2024) New records of non-indigenous species from the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Crustacea, Mollusca), with a revision of genus Isognomon (Mollusca: Bivalvia). PeerJ 12:e17425. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17425

Gratsia E, Zenetos A, Digenis M, Gerovasileiou V, Kasapidis P, Karakassis I (2026) From Hulls to Caves: Insights into the Introduction and Expansion of Non-Indigenous Marine Bivalves of the Genera Isognomon and Malleus in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Diversity 18(2):127. https://doi.org/10.3390/d18020127

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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