Invasion History

First Non-native North American Tidal Record:
First Non-native West Coast Tidal Record:
First Non-native East/Gulf Coast Tidal Record:

General Invasion History:

None

North American Invasion History:

Description

None

Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Mollusca
Class:   Bivalvia
Subclass:   Heterodonta
Order:   Myoida
Superfamily:   Pholadoidea
Family:   Teredinidae
Genus:   Bankia
Species:   cieba

Synonyms

Potentially Misidentified Species

Bankia destructa
None

Bankia fimbriatula
None

Bankia gouldii
None

Ecology

Food:

Phytoplankton, detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

Habitats

General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatCoarse Woody DebrisNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
General HabitatVessel HullNone
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone

Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Broad Temperature RangeNoneTropical
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts

Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
SEP-H None 1945 Non-native Established
SEP-B None 1963 Non-native Unknown
NEP-VIII None 1954 Non-native Unknown
CAR-V None 0 Native Established
CAR-IV None 0 Native Established
CAR-II None 0 Native Established
CAR-III None 0 Native Established
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1945 Non-native Established
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast 0 Native Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Clench, William J., Turner, Ruth D. (1946) The genus Bankia in the western Atlantic, Johnsonia 2(19): 1-28

Cohen, Andrew N. (2006) Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 127-206

Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology 2008-2021 Museum of Comparative Zoology Collections database- Malacology Collection. <missing URL>