Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Woods Hole/MA/Buzzards Bay-Vineyard Sound (1885, Galtsoff 1962, failed)

A 'large number' of this clam (as Tapes staminea) was brought back to Woods Hole in 1885 by G. H. H. Moore, of the U.S. Fish Commission and were planted 'in various localities' around the commission's Woods Hole station. However, none of these clams were found in subsequent years (Galtsoff 1962).

Geographic Extent

Woods Hole/MA/Buzzards Bay-Vineyard Sound (1885, Galtsoff 1962, failed)