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Cerithiopsis pulvis

(Issel, 1869)
Mollusca » Not assigned » Cerithiopsidae » Cerithiopsis pulvis
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

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; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0

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Habitat detail

All Cerithiopsis species live on sponges.

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1985
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139082
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1978

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

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

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