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Cycloscala hyalina

(G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Mollusca » Not assigned » Epitoniidae » Cycloscala hyalina
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 763 3; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 65217 0; Fiji Islands 23320 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Marquesas 363 1; Marquesas 1570 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 858 3; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 5842 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone 877 3; Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone 36874 0; South Africa (country) 3792 0; South Pacific Ocean 693 2; South Pacific Ocean 344 0; Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone 936 3; Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone 66442 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1992
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139700
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water in microscopic stage of life history or as fragments; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1992

1st Med country: Cyprus

References

Cecalupo A, Quadri P (1994) Contributo alla conoscenza malacologica per il nord dell’ isola di Cipro. Bollettino Malacologico 30(1-4): 5-16.

Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A (2009) Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Mediterranean Marine Science 10: 109-133. 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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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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