Species Regional Summary
Amathia verticillata
None ( MED-III )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Naples/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1822, Type locality, Della Chiaje 1828, Sacchi 1961; Carrada and Sacchi 1966, cited by Winston 1977; Marchini et al. 2015)

Geographic Extent

Naples/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1822, Type locality, Della Chiaje 1828, Sacchi 1961; Carrada and Sacchi 1966, cited by Winston 1977; Marchini et al. 2015); Civitavecchia/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1968-1971, cited by Marchini et al. 2015); Italy/Lago Fusaro (Sacchi 1961; Carrada and Sacchi 1966, cited by Winston 1977); Sardinia/Italy/Stagno of Tortoli (Sacchi 1961; Carrada and Sacchi 1966, cited by Winston 1977); Tunis/Tunisia/Tunis Harbor (2009, Antit et al. 2011); Palermo, Sicily/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (Ardizzone and Riggio, cited by Minchin 2012); Santa Venere (Marsala, Sicily)/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1952, Gautier 1958, cited by Marchini et al. 2015); Italy-Tunisia/Tyrhennian Sea (Ferrario et al. 2018)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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