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Pinctada radiata

(Leach, 1814)
Mollusca » Ostreida » Margaritidae » Pinctada radiata
Common name (English)
Rayed pearl oyster
Ηabitat
A: Marine

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Invasive

First detection year
1899
Online resource
https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140890
Pathway
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
Other notes

1st Med record: 1874

1st Med country: Egypt

References

Monterosato T (1899) Coquilles marines de Chypre. Journal de Conchyliologie 47(4): 392-401.

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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