Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Shelter Island, Shell Beach/NY/Peconic Bay (1953, USNM 714131, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007). Probably present by 1880-1900.

Geographic Extent

Shelter Island, Shell Beach/NY/Peconic Bay (1953, USNM 714131, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007); Long Island, Orient Beach State Park/NY/Long Beach Bay (MCZ 219834, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2008)