Species Regional Summary
Trochus niloticus
None ( SP-IX )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: American Samoa/Pacific Ocean (1958, Eldredge 1994, no details available, not seen in 1992 surveys).
Reportedly native to Samoa Islands (Hedley 1917, cited by Smith 1987, but introduced to American Samoa, Eldredge 1994)

Geographic Extent

None

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)

Regional Impacts

References

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