Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record? Whirehaven-Musquodoboit Harbour/Nova Scotia/Atlantic Ocean (Murphy 1882, cited by Kindle 1918);
Geographic Extent
Newfoundland, St. Johns/Newfoundland/Atlantic Ocean (MCZ Malacology 357628, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2013); Argentia/Newfoundland/Placentia Bay (Atlantic Ocean) (Wallour 1960); Sydney/Nova Scotia/Atlantic Ocean (Kindle 1918, 'where Teredo has perhaps its maximum abundance'; 1942, MCZ 170559, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2009); Little Narrows/Nova Scotia/Bras d'Or Lake (Whitehaven-Musquodoboit Harbour/Nova Scotia/Atlantic Ocean (Murphy 1882, cited by Kindle 1918); Liverpool/Nova Scotia/Atlantic Ocean (1951, Brown 1953, Wallour 1960);
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Natural Dispersal |
Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
Economic Impact | Shipping/Boating | |
Murphy (1882, cited by Kindle 1918) observed destruction of pilings by T. navalis in Sydney Harbor, Nova Scotia, and at sites along the Atlantic east coast of Nova Scotia. However, some of these observations may have involved other species, such as Psiloteredo megotara. | ||