Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1943

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:   Teredinidae
Genus:   Bankia
Species:   fimbriatula

Synonyms

Bankia canalis (Bartsch, 1944)
Teredo fimbriata (Jeffreys, 1860)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

Food:

Phytoplankton, detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

Habitats

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


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Temperature (ºC)14Field, Indian River Lagoon FL (Hoagland 1986)
Maximum Temperature (ºC)31Field, Indian River Lagoon FL (Hoagland 1986)
Minimum Salinity (‰)2Field data (Leonel 2002, Paraiba State, Braazi, Mamanguape estuary)
Maximum Salinity (‰)35Field data (Leonel 2002, Paraiba State, Braazi, Mamanguape estuary)
Minimum Reproductive Salinity22Field data (Leonel 2002, Paraiba State, Braazi, Mamanguape estuary)
Maximum Reproductive Salinity35Field data (Leonel 2002, Paraiba State, Braazi, Mamanguape estuary)
Minimum Duration28Average larval development time (Hoagland 1986)
Broad Temperature RangeNoneSubtropical-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1943 Def Estab
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast Native Estab

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Barreto, Cristine C.; Junqueira, Andrea O. R.; da Silva, Sérgio Henrique G. (2000) The effect of low salinity on teredinids, Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 43(4): published online

Clench, William J., Turner, Ruth D. (1946) The genus Bankia in the western Atlantic, Johnsonia 2(19): 1-28

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>



Hoagland, K, Elaine (1986b) Genetic variation in seven wood-boring teredinid and pholadid bivalves with different patterns of life history and dispersal, Malacologia 27(2): 323-339

Leonel, Rosa Maria Veiga; Godoy, Lopes, B.C.; Aversari, Marcos (2002) Distribution of wood-boring bivalves in the Mamanguape River estuary, Paraiba, Brazil, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 82: 1039-1040

Savva, Ioannis; Bennett, Scott; Roca, Guillem; Jordà, Gabriel; Marbà, Nuria (2018) Thermal tolerance of Mediterranean marine macrophytes; Vulnerability to global warming, Ecology and Evolution 8: 12032-12043.