First European record of the invasive brackish water clam Rangia cuneata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1831) (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

Verween, A.; Kerckhof, F.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S.

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First European record of the invasive brackish water clam Rangia cuneata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1831) (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

Verween, A.; Kerckhof, F.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2006). First European record of the invasive brackish water clam Rangia cuneata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1831) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Aquat. Invasions 1(4): 198-203

In: Aquatic Invasions. Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC): Helsinki. ISSN 1798-6540; e-ISSN 1818-5487

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Keywords

Fouling
Organisms > Invasive species
Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 [WoRMS]; Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) [WoRMS]
Antwerp Harbour [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal

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Abstract

A population of Rangia cuneata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1831), an estuarine bivalve, has been recorded in the harbour of Antwerp, Belgium. This species is new to the European brackish water fauna. After initially finding only a few small individuals in August 2005, R. cuneata was encountered frequently in the pipes of the cooling water system of an industrial plant from February 2006 onwards. Before this present record, R. cuneata was only known from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of North America.

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