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The data base of Exotic Molluscs in the Mediterranean Sea was developed by a CIESM task force of four biologists : Drs Argyro Zenetos (Natl. Center for Marine Research, Athens), Serge Gofas (Univ. Malaga), Giovanni Russo (Univ. di Napoli), Jose Templado (Museo Natl. de Ciencas Naturales, Madrid), with the assistance of the CIESM Editorial Panel. Updates are regularly provided by the team of experts now coordinated by Dr Gofas.
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ERRATUM: In January 2005 a major update corrected a number of errors present in the original printed version.
We are deeply grateful to Prof. Bella Galil (Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa), Drs Henk Mienis, Bogi Cesare, Giovanni Buzzurro, Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi and Paul Clark for their contribution to the Atlas of Exotic Molluscs.
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Check-list of exotic species (total: 137)
Origin:
AA = American Atlantic, AS = Arabian Sea,
CIRT = Circumtropical, IO = Indian Ocean, IP = Indo-Pacific,
NEP =
North Eastern Pacific Ocean, PG = Persian Gulf, PO = Pacific Ocean, RS = Red Sea, SC = Suez Canal, TP = Tropical Pacific Ocean,
TA
= Tropical Atlantic, WP = Western Pacific Ocean.
Status:
A = Alien: considered non-established, on the basis of one or two published records, often a single specimen.
E = Established: presumed established on the basis of at least two distincts records.
Q = Questionable: applies for a few taxa to which there remain unsettled taxonomic issues.
Last update:
Red indicates a recent update on the species sheet.
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|
| Taxon |
Origin |
Status |
Last update |
| GASTROPODA - PROSOBRANCHIA |
| Nacellidae |
|
|
RS, IO |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Haliotidae (abalones) |
| Haliotis pustulata cruenta |
RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Fissurellidae (keyhole limpets) |
|
Diodora ruppellii |
IP, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Neritidae |
| Smaragdia souverbiana |
IP, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Nerita sanguinolenta |
RS |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Trochidae (top shells) |
| Trochus erithraeus |
RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Pseudominolia nedyma |
RS, IO |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Stomatella impertusa |
IP, RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Cerithiidae |
| Cerithium nesioticum |
RS, IP |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Cerithium scabridum |
RS, IO |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Cerithium egenum |
IP, RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Rhinoclavis kochi |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Clypeomorus bifasciatus |
RS, IP |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Planaxidae |
| Angiola punctostriata |
SC, IP |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Planaxis griseus |
RS |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Litiopidae |
| Gibborissoa virgata |
IP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Obtortionidae |
| Finella pupoides |
IP |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Clathrofenella ferruginea |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Dialidae |
| Diala varia |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Cerithiopsidae |
| Cerithiopsis pulvis |
RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Cerithiopsis tenthrenois |
IO |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Triphoridae |
| Metaxia bacillum |
RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Rissoidae |
| Rissoina bertholleti |
RS, IO |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Rissoina spirata |
IP |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Alvania dorbignyi |
RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Voorwindia tiberiana |
RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Strombidae (conchs) |
| Strombus persicus |
PG, AS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Strombus mutabilis |
IP, RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Hipponicidae |
| Sabia conica |
RS, IP |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Calyptraeidae (slipper shells) |
| Crepidula aculeata |
AA |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Crepidula fornicata |
AA |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Cypraeidae (cowries) |
| Erosaria turdus |
RS, IO |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Purpuradusta gracilis notata |
IO, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Palmadusta lentiginosa |
IO, PG |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Naticidae (moon shells) |
|
Natica gualteriana |
RS, IP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Epitoniidae (wentle traps) |
|
Cycloscala hyalina |
RS, IP |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Eulimidae |
| Sticteulima cf. lentiginosa |
IP |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Muricidae (murex shells) |
| Ergalatax obscura |
RS, AS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Thais lacera |
IO, PG |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Thais sacellum |
IO, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Rapana venosa |
PO |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Murex forskoehlii |
RS, PG |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Nassariidae |
| Nassarius arcularia plicatus |
RS, IO |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Fasciolariidae (spindle shells) |
| Fusinus verrucosus |
RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Columbellidae (dove shells) |
| Zafra savignyi |
RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Zafra selasphora |
IO, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Conidae (cone shells) |
|
Conus fumigatus |
RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| GASTROPODA - HETEROBRANCHIA |
| Anisocyclidae |
| |
IP |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Pyramidellidae |
| Chrysallida fischeri |
RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Chrysallida maiae |
RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Chrysallida pirintella |
RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Adelactaeon fulvus |
IP |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Adelactaeon amoenus |
IP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Styloptygma beatrix |
PG |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Cingulina isseli |
RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Turbonilla edgarii |
IP |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Syrnola fasciata |
IP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Syrnola cinctella |
IP, RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Odostomia lorioli |
RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Oscilla jocosa |
RS, PG |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Iolaea neofelixoides |
PO |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Hinemoa cylindrica |
IP |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Leucotina cfr. eva |
IP |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| GASTROPODA - OPISTHOBRANCHIA |
| Cylichnidae |
| |
RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Retusidae |
| Cylichnina girardi |
IP |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Pyrunculus fourierii |
IP, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Bullidae (bubble shells) |
|
Bulla ampulla |
IP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Haminoeidae |
| Haminoea callidegenita |
PO, AA |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Haminoea cyanomarginata |
RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Aglajidae |
| Chelidonura fulvipunctata |
IP |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Aplysiidae (sea hares) |
| Bursatella leachi |
CIRT |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Pleurobranchidae |
| Pleurobranchus forskalii |
RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Polyceridae |
| Polycerella emertoni |
TA |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Polycera hedgpethi |
NEP |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Triophidae |
| Plocamopherus ocellatus |
RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Discodorididae |
| Discodoris lilacina |
IP, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Chromodorididae |
| Hypselodoris infucata |
IP, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Chromodoris quadricolor |
RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Dendrodorididae |
| Dendrodoris fumata |
RS, IP |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Tethyidae |
| Melibe fimbriata |
IO, PO |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Tergipedidae |
| Cuthona perca |
PO |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Flabellinidae |
| Flabellina rubrolineata |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Facelinidae |
| Caloria indica |
IP |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Aeolidiidae |
| Aeolidiella indica |
CIRT |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| GASTROPODA - PULMONATA |
| Siphonaridae |
| |
IP, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| BIVALVIA - PTEROMORPHIA |
| Arcidae (arc clams) |
| Acar plicata |
IP, RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Anadara demiri |
IO |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Anadara inaequivalvis |
IP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
|
|
WIO, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Glycymeridae (bittersweet clams) |
| Glycymeris arabicus |
WIO, RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Limopsidae |
| Limopsis multistriata |
IP, RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Mytilidae (mussels) |
| Musculista perfragilis |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Musculista senhousia |
WP |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Modiolus auriculatus |
WI, RS |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Xenostrobus securis |
TP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Brachidontes pharaonis |
IO, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Septifer forskali |
RS |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Ostreidae (oysters) |
| Crassostrea gigas |
NWP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Saccostrea cucullata |
IO, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Saccostrea commercialis |
PO |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Dendrostrea frons |
IP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Pteriidae (pearl oysters) |
| Pinctada margaritifera |
IP, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Pinctada radiata |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Malleidae (hammer oysters) |
|
Malvufundus regulus |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Pectinidae (scallops) |
|
Chlamys lischkei |
AA |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Spondylidae (spiny oysters) |
| Spondylus spinosus |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Spondylus groschi |
WIO, RS |
Q |
Dec 2003 |
| Spondylus cf. multisetosus |
IP |
Q |
Dec 2003 |
| BIVALVIA - HETERODONTA |
| Lucinidae (lucina clams) |
|
|
RS, AS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Trapeziidae |
| Trapezium oblongum |
IP, RS |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Ungulinidae |
| Diplodonta cf. subrotunda |
RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Chamidae (jewel boxes) |
| Chama pacifica |
IP, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Pseudochama corbieri |
RS |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Cardiidae (cockles) |
| Fulvia australis |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Fulvia fragilis |
WIO, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Afrocardium richardi |
RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Tellinidae (tellins) |
| Tellina valtonis |
IO, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Psammotreta praerupta |
IP, RS |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Psammobiidae (sanguin clams) |
|
Hiatula ruppelliana |
RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Mactridae (surf clams) |
| Mactra olorina |
RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Mactra lilacea |
IP, RS |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Mesodesmatidae |
| Atactodea glabrata |
IP, RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Veneridae (venus clams) |
| Gafrarium pectinatum |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Circenita callipyga |
IO, RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Clementia papyracea |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Paphia textile |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Mercenaria mercenaria |
AA |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Ruditapes philippinarum |
WP |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Antigona lamellaris |
IP, RS |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Dosinia erythraea |
RS, WP |
A |
Jan 2005 |
| Timoclea roemeriana |
RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| Petricolidae |
| Petricola pholadiformis |
AA |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Myidae (soft-shell clams) |
| Sphenia rueppelli |
RS |
A |
Dec 2003 |
| Mya arenaria |
AA |
E |
Dec 2003 |
| Gastrochaenidae (rock-borer clams) |
| Gastrochaena cymbium |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| BIVALVIA - ANOMALODESMATA |
| Laternulidae (lantern clams) |
| |
IP, RS |
E |
Jan 2005 |
| POLYPLACOPHORA |
| Chitonidae (chitons) |
| |
RS, IP |
A |
Dec 2003 |
|