Invasion History
First Non-native Panama (Caribbean) Tidal Record: 2009Panama Invasion History:
Invasion history elsewhere in the world:
None
Description
None
Taxonomy
Taxonomic Tree
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum: | Mollusca | |
| Class: | Bivalvia | |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorphia | |
| Order: | Ostreoida | |
| Family: | Anomiidae | |
| Genus: | Anomia | |
| Species: | peruviana |
Synonyms
Anomia adamas (Gray, 1850)
Anomia alectus (Gray, 1850)
Anomia fidenas (Gray, 1850)
Anomia hamillus (Gray, 1850)
Anomia lampe (Gray, 1850)
Anomia laqueata (Reeve, 1859)
Anomia larbas (Gray, 1850)
Anomia limatula (Dall, 1878)
Anomia pacilus (Gray, 1850)
Anomia subcostata (Conrad, 1855)
Anomia tenuis (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Anomia tenuis (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Calyptraea aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Placunomia claviculata (Carpenter, 1857)
Anomia alectus (Gray, 1850)
Anomia fidenas (Gray, 1850)
Anomia hamillus (Gray, 1850)
Anomia lampe (Gray, 1850)
Anomia laqueata (Reeve, 1859)
Anomia larbas (Gray, 1850)
Anomia limatula (Dall, 1878)
Anomia pacilus (Gray, 1850)
Anomia subcostata (Conrad, 1855)
Anomia tenuis (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Anomia tenuis (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Calyptraea aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Placunomia claviculata (Carpenter, 1857)
Potentially Misidentified Species
Anomia simplex
An Atlantic species, formerly considered conspecific with A. peruviana, e.g. Anomia simplex Mabille, 1895
An Atlantic species, formerly considered conspecific with A. peruviana, e.g. Anomia simplex Mabille, 1895
Ecology
General:
Attached to rocks, other shells, waterlogged wood (Abbott 1974). The related A. simplex has planktotrophic larvae (Chaley and Andrews 1971)
Food:
Phytoplankton
Trophic Status:
Suspension Feeder
SusFedHabitats
| General Habitat | Rocky | None |
| General Habitat | Oyster Reef | None |
| General Habitat | Marinas & Docks | None |
| Salinity Range | Polyhaline | 18-30 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Euhaline | 30-40 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Epibenthic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Maximum Length (mm) | 50.1 | Abbott 1974 |
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Warm Temperate-Tropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Polyhaline-Euhaline |
General Impacts
Occurrence Map
| OCC_ID | Author | Year | Date | Locality | Status | Latitude | Longitude |
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References
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Appeltans, W. et al. 2011-2015 World Registry of Marine Species. <missing URL>
California Academy of Sciences 2005-2015 Invertebrate Zoology Collection Database. <missing URL>
Carlton, James T. (Ed.) (2007) The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon Fourth Edition, Completely Revised and Expanded, University of California Press, Berkeley. Pp. <missing location>
Chanley, Paul; Andrews, J. D. (1971) Aids for identification of bivalve larvae of Virginia, Malacologia 11(1): 45-119
Coan, Eugene V.; Valentich-Scott, Paul (2007) The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon, University of California Press, Berkeley CA. Pp. 807-859
Dall, William Healey (1910) Report on a collection of shells from Peru with a summary of the littoral marine Mollusca from the Peruvian Zoological Province, Proceedings of the U. S. Nationa Museum 37(1704): 147-294
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology 2008-2021 Museum of Comparative Zoology Collections database- Malacology Collection. <missing URL>
Schlöder, Carmen and 5 authors (2013) The Pacific bivalve Anomia peruviana in the Atlantic: a recent invasion across the Panama Canal ?, Aquatic Invasions 8(4): 443-448
U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002-2021 Invertebrate Zoology Collections Database. http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/