Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (as Melampus borealis, Conrad 1832, cited by Martins 1996)

Geographic Extent

Woods Hole-Marthas Vineyard/MA/Buzzards Bay-Vineyard Sound (Verrill and Smith 1873, 'piles of wharves and bridges); Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (as Melampus borealis, Conrad 1832, cited by Martins 1996)Wickford/RI/Narragansett Bay (Martins 1996)(; New Haven/CT/West River (Perkins 1869); Cold Spring Harbor/NY/Long Island Sound (Balch 1899); Branford/CT/Long Island Sound (Martins 1996); Staten Island/NY/New York Harbor (Hubbard and Smith 1865; Martins 1996); Cape May/NJ/Atlantic Ocean (Martins 1996); St. Leonards/MD/St. Leonards Creek, Patuxent River (1900, Pilsbry 1900); Mollusk/VA/Rappahannock River (Wass 1972); Crisfield/MD/Little Annemessex River (Allen 1954); Norfolk/VA/"swamps", Hampton Roads (Wass 1972); Fisherman's Island (Northampton County)/VA/Chesapeake Bay (Mouth) (1935, U.S. Museum of Natural History collections); Chincoteague/VA/Shell Bay (Wass 1972); Accomack County/VA Watt's Bay (Wass 1972); Willis Wharf (Northampton Co.)/VA/Hog Island Bay (Wass 1972)