Everglades Invasive Mollusks


Subject Name Scientific Name
banded caracolCaracolus marginella (Gmelin)
Caribbean land snailCepolis varians (Menke, 1829)
Japanese mysterysnailCipangopaludina japonica (von Martens, 1861)
West Indian topsnailCittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asian clamCorbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)
lake merritt cuthonaCuthona perca (Er. Marcus, 1958)
zebra musselDreissena polymorpha (Pallas)
marine nudibranchGlossodoris sedna (Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1967)
common periwinkleLittorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
blacktip shipwormLyrodus pedicellatus (de Quatrefages, 1849)
giant ramshorn snailMarisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus, 1758)
red-rim melaniaMelanoides tuberculatus (Muller, 1774)
green musselMusculista senhousia (Benson, 1842)
Charua musselMytella charruana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
green musselPerna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pacific pearl-oysterPinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
spiketop applesnailPomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856)
island applesnailPomacea maculata Perry, 1810
vagrant scrubsnailPraticolella griseola (Pfeiffer, 1841)
Subulina snailSubulina octona (Bruguière)
boring clamTridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
small giant clamTridacna maxima Roding, 1798
garden zachrysiaZachrysia provisoria (Pfeiffer, 1858)




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with support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service, Florida/Caribbean Exotic Pest Management Team

Last updated on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 02:06 PM

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