Invasion
Invasion Description
1st record: Oswego Harbor/NY/Lake Ontario (1879, Mills 1993)
Geographic Extent
Oswego Harbor/NY/Lake Ontario (1879, Mills 1993); Golden Hill State Park/NY/Lake Ontario (Karatayev et al. 2012)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Dry Ballast |
| Alternate | Packing Material |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Parasite/Predator Vector | |
| Bithynia tentaculata, here, was found to carry the trematodes Cyathocotyle bushiensis (exotic) Leyogonimus polyoon (exotic), and Sphaeridiotrema sp., (S. pseudoglobulus, exotic, or S. globulus, cryptogenic) which can cause mass mortalities in waterfowl (Karatayev et al. 2012). | ||