Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: CA/Bodega Harbor (Chow, in Australian Museum 1999; Behrens 2004)
Geographic Extent
CA/Bodega Harbor (Chow, in Australian Museum 1999; Behrens 2004; Price 2012); Bodega Bay/CABodega Harbor 1996, CAS-IZ 174126, California Academy of Sciences 2014). Philine orientalis were not found in 2006, but not 2007 (Newsom and Williams 2014).
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Unknown Vector |
| Alternate | Oyster Accidental |
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Competition | |
| Under some conditions Philine orientalis interfered with predation on small clams by Dungeness Crabs (Metacarcinus magister) and Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas), but only when both crab species were present, and only at certain levels of density of the three predators (Newsom and Williams 2014). | ||
| Ecological Impact | Predation | |
| Phiiline orientalis was a significant predator on small bivalves in Bodega Harbor, CA (Newsom and Williams 2014). | ||