Species Regional Summary
Littorina littorea
Delaware Bay ( M090 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Cape May (6 miles north of Cape)/NJ/Delaware Bay (1928, Alexander 1946)

Geographic Extent

Cape May (6 miles north of Cape)/NJ/Delaware Bay (1928, Alexander 1946); Intracoastal Waterway jetties, Cape May/NJ/Delaware Bay (1946, Alexander 1947); Wells 1965; USNM 406306, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007); Army Pier, Cape Henlopen/DE/Delaware Bay (1970, Kraueter 1965); Lewes/DE/Breakwater Harbor, Roosevelt Inlet, Mouth Of Inlet (1980, USNM 803495, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Dry Ballast
Alternate Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

References

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