Species Regional Summary
Bithynia tentaculata
Chesapeake Bay ( M130 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Alexandria (Hunters Point) /VA/Potomac River (Pilsbry 1927)

Geographic Extent

Alexandria (Hunters Point) /VA/Potomac River (Pilsbry 1927); Alexandria (Jones Point) /VA/Potomac Rive (Marsahll 1933)r; Mount Vernon/VA/Potomac River (Dundee 1974); Washington (Tidal Basin)/DC/Potomac River (Dundee 1974); Great Falls/VA/Potomac River (Hamilton 1979); Dickerson (Montgomery County)/MD/Potomac River (Fuller 1978); Plummers Island/MD/Potomac River (nontidal, 2004, Pearce and Evans 2008); Dyke Marsh/VA/Potomac River (1997, Fofonoff, personal observation); Elkridge/MD/Patapsco River (2006, Fofonoff, personal observation); Joppatown/MD/Gunpowder River (2004, Fofonoff, personal observation);; Buzzards Point/DC/Potima-Anacostia Rivers (17 Aug 2017. USNM USNM 1446243, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2021).

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Dry Ballast
Alternate Packing Material
Alternate Cargo
Alternate Aquatic Plant Shipments
Alternate Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)

Regional Impacts

References

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