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Mnestia girardi

(Audouin, 1826)
Mollusca » Cephalaspidea » Mnestiidae » Mnestia girardi
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Vietnam 572 1; Vietnam 89 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1990
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994263
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
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
Other notes

Mnestia girardi ex Cylichnina

1st Med record: 1974

1st Med country: Egypt

References

Cecalupo A, Quadri P (1996) Contributo alla conoscenza malacologica per il nord dell’ isola di Cipro. Bollettino Malacologico 31 (5-8): 95-118.

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

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