Invasion History


Panama Invasion History:


Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Mollusca
Class:   Bivalvia
Subclass:   Heterodonta
Order:   Myoida
Superfamily:   Pholadoidea
Family:   Pholadidae
Genus:   Martesia
Species:   cuneiformis

Synonyms

Pholas caribaea (d'Orbigny, 1847)
Pholas cuneiformis (Say, 1822)
Pholas falcata (Sowerby II, 1872)
Pholas krebsii (Krebs, 1864)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Martesia fragilis
Western Atlantic

Martesia striata
Cosmopolitan tropical

Ecology

General:

Martesia cuneiformis is a wood-boring bivalve, with a well-developed external shell (Abbott 1974)

Food:

Phytoplankton, detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

Habitats

General HabitatCoarse Woody DebrisNone
General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatVessel HullNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Salinity (‰)25Castagna and Chanley 1973
Minimum Duration35From fertilization to 50% hatch of larvae (Mann and Gallagher 1984)
Minimum Length (mm)13Abbott 1974
Maximum Length (mm)18Abbott 1974
Broad Temperature RangeNoneWarm temperate-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1948 Def Failed
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast Native Estab

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Abbott, R. Tucker (1974) American Seashells, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. Pp. <missing location>

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002-2024a Malacology Collection Search. <missing URL>



Cohen, Andrew N. (2006) Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 127-206

Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology 2008-2021 Museum of Comparative Zoology Collections database- Malacology Collection. <missing URL>



Mann, Roger; Gallager, Scott M. (1984) Physiology of the wood boring mollusc Martesia cuneiformis Say, Biological Bulletin 166: 167-177

U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002-2021 Invertebrate Zoology Collections Database. http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/