Species Regional Summary
Leiosolenus aristatus
None ( SEP-Z )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: !sla Islabella (Albermarle() Tagus Cove (1898, Pilsbry and Vanatta 1902)

Geographic Extent

Isla Islabella (Albermarle) Tagus Cove (1898, Pilsbry and Vanatta 1902).

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactHabitat Change
The Scissors Date Mussel (Leiosolenus aristatus) wwa an abundant internal borer of live coral Porites lobata, together with the native L.laevigatusa (Reaka-Kudla et al. 1996).
 

References

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