Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dactylus carpenteri Mörch, 1861, Fistulana ropan Blainville, 1820, Lithodomus bipenniferus Guppy, 1877, Lithodomus caudigerus (Lamarck, 1819), Lithodomus forficatus Ravenel, 1861, Lithophaga (Myoforceps) aristata (Dillwyn, 1817), Lithophaga aristata (Dillwyn, 1817), Lithophaga bipinnifera Guppy, 1877, Lithophaga caudata (Gray, 1826), Lithophaga incurva Gabb, 1861, Lithophaga jeffreysii Dunker, 1883, Lithophagus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817), Lithophagus aristatus var. gracilior Carpenter, 1857, Lithophagus aristatus var. tumidior Carpenter, 1857, Lithophagus caudatus Gray, 1826, Modiola caudigera Lamarck, 1819, Modiola excavata de Folin, 1867, Myoforceps aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817), Mytilus aristatus Dillwyn, 1817, Mytilus curviroster Schröter, 1787, Mytilus lithophagus striatus J. Sowerby, 1807, Mytilus ropan Deshayes, 1836 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1898

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Stowaway

Subpathway: Ship hull

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Under watch

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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