Species Regional Summary
Crepidula convexa
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ( NA-ET3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

Type Location/NJ/Atlantic Ocean bays (1822, Say 1858); Neotype location: West side of the barrier island, Wildwood Crest, Cape May/NJ/Susnset Lake (Collin 2002, 38?57'N, 74?50'W),

Geographic Extent

MA-VA/Atlantic Ocean (Abbott 1974, Rosenberg et al. 1995); Orleans/MA/North end of Pleasant Bay (ANSP 357832 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2013); MA/Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay (Verrill and Smith 1873); New Haven, Savin Rock/CT/Long Island Sound (USNM 825587, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2013); Galloway/NJ/Little Egg Inlet, 2.3 Mile SE Of (USNM 825599, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2013); Bishop's Head/MD/Honga River, Chesapeake Bay (1923, ANSP 132497, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2013); Willoughby Beach, NorfolkVA/Lynnhaven Bay (ANSP 188749, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2013)

Vectors

Level Vector

Regional Impacts

References

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