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Cerithium scabridum

Philippi, 1848
Mollusca » Not assigned » Cerithiidae » Cerithium scabridum
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1732 0; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone 9224 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Ionian Sea 691 2; Ionian Sea 65628 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 816 3; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 9237 0; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 843 3; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 36868 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 611 2; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 4481 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone 927 3; Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone 65681 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Invasive

First detection year
1983
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139065
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

Suez Canal; transported in ballast water in larval stages; attachment to ship hulls.

CBD pathway UNAIDED: Natural dispersal across borders of invasive alien species that have been introduced through pathways 1 to 5 added as per EASIN (2023).

Other notes

1st Med record: 1882

1st Med country: Egypt

References

Fischer W (1993) Beitraege zur Kenntnis der rezenten und fossilen marinen Molluskenfauna Zyperns (II). Die Mollusken des Kap Drepanum (Peyia, Paphos). Club Conchylia Information 15(2): 147-152.

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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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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Akrotiri Environment

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