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Chama pacifica

Broderip, 1835
Mollusca » Not assigned » Chamidae » Chama pacifica
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1732 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; 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; United States 5117 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2007
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139120
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
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
Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal.

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: 1905

1st Med country: Egypt

References

Zenetos A, Gofas S, Russo G, Templado J (2004) CIESM Atlas of exotic species in the Mediterranean. Vol. 3 Molluscs. Monaco, CIESM Publishers.

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

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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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