Species Regional Summary
Trochus niloticus
None ( SP-XVI )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Tahiti/French Polynesia/Pacific Ocean (Payri and Bourdelan ___)

Geographic Extent

Tahiti/French Polynesia/Pacific Ocean (Payri and Bourdelan ___); Arue,Tahiti/French Polynesia/Pacific Ocean (1984, USNM 879804, US National Museum of Natural History 2010); Moorea/French Polynesia/Pacific Ocean (1963, Eldredge 1994, 800 shells, from Tahiti); Bora Bora/French Polynesia/Pacific Ocean (1963, Eldredge 1994, 660 shells, from Tahit)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Fisheries Intentional

Regional Impacts

References

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