Species Regional Summary
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
None ( MED-IX )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Romania/Razim Lagoon (Grossu 1951, cited by Son 2008); Ukraine/Dnieper-Bug Liman (Markovskij 1954, cited by Son 2008)

Geographic Extent

Romania/Razim Lagoon (Grossu 1951, cited by Son 2008); Ukraine/Dnieper-Bug Liman (Markovskij 1954, cited by Son 2008); Odessa region/Ukraine/Stentsovsko-Zhebriyanski Plavni wetland of the Danube Delta and Yalpug Lake (2003, Son 2008); Odessa region/Ukraine/Upper part of estuarian reservoir Sukhoj Liman (2004, Son 2008); Odessa region/Ukraine/Streams flowing into the Dniester estuary and the shoal of the Dniester estuary, near the mouths of these streams (2005, Son 2008; Butkus et al. 2000, genotype Z); Odessa region/Ukraine/Dalnik River and Akkarzha Stream (basin of estuarian reservoir Sukhoj Liman) (2006, Son 2008); Ukraine-Moldova/Kuchurgan Reservoir (estuarian lake near the Dniester Delta used as reservoir cooler of the Kuchurgan Hydroelectric Power Station) (2007, Son 2008); Odessa region/Ukraine/Baraboj River; small river entering Budakskij Liman, Fontanka River (Sasyk Lake Basin), drainage system of the Odessa City (2008, Son 2008)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Canal
Alternate Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)

Regional Impacts

References

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