Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Estonia-Lithuania/Gulf of Riga (1927, Nikolaev 1951)
Geographic Extent
Estonia-Lithuania/Gulf of Riga (1927, Nikolaev 1951; Olenin and Leppakoski 1999)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Dry Ballast |
Alternate | Packing Material |
Alternate | Natural Dispersal |
Alternate | Cargo |
Regional Impacts
Ecological Impact | Food/Prey | |
Potoamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand Mud Snail) is less preferred than the native Bithynia antipodarum (Faucet Snail) for Tench (Tinca tinca), a common fish in the Baltic Sea in Lithuania. The New Zealedn Mud Snail has a similar shelll-strength, but less soft-tissue than the Faucet Snail (Butkus and ViĊĦinskien? 2020).. | ||