Species Regional Summary
Teredo navalis
Northern Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits, to Middle Eastern Florida ( CAR-I )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

'!st Records?: West Florida'/Gulf of Mexico; Texas/Gulf of Mexico (Dall 1889)

Geographic Extent

Sebastian-Fort Pierce Inlets/FL/Indian River Lagoon (Mikkelsen et al. 1995); Key West/FL/Gulf of Mexico (Wallour 1960); Sanibel Island/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1973, MCZ Malacology 357773, 1973, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2013); Fort Dade, Egmont Key/FL/Tampa Bay (1921, MCZ Malacology 168184, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2013); St. Petersburg/FL/Tampa Bay (1924, MCZ 120700, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2010); St. Petersburg/FL/Tampa Bay (1948, Wallour 1960); Tampa Bay/FL/Tampa Bay (Wallour 1960); Panama City/FL//Gulf of Mexico (1948-1959, Wallour 1960); Pensacola/FL//Gulf of Mexico (1944-1959, Brown 1953; Wallour 1960); Sabine Island/FL/Santa Rosa Sound (1956, Cooley 1978); Malacology 50183; Galveston/TX/Galveston Bay ( Malacology 50183, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2013); Corpus Christi/TX/Gulf of Mexico (1944-1959, Brown 1953; Wallour 1960); Mariel/Cuba/Gulf of Mexico (O'Brien et al. 2017)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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