Species Regional Summary
Littorina littorea
Great South Bay ( M050 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Atlantic Beach/Long Island/Atlantic Ocean (1937, USNM 617372, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007) Probably present by 1880-1900, based on surrounding records.

Geographic Extent

Atlantic Beach/Long Island/Atlantic Ocean (1937, USNM 617372, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007); Long Island/NY/Shinnecock Bay (MCZ 241023, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2008)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Natural Dispersal
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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