Species Regional Summary
Littorina littorea
_CDA_N195 (Cape Cod) ( N195 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Woods Hole/MA/Buzzards Bay-Vineyard Sound (1875, Gray 1879, cited by Ganong 1897)

Geographic Extent

Woods Hole/MA/Buzzards Bay-Vineyard Sound (1875, Gray 1879, cited by Ganong 1897, only 2 shells found in 1875, abundant in 1876); Martha'ss Vineyard/MA/Vineyard Sound (USNM 153596, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007); Falmouth/MA/Great Pond (1963, USNM 660504, , U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Natural Dispersal
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Dry Ballast

Regional Impacts

References

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