EASIN - European Alien Species Information Network

Stelios Katsanevakis
4/30/2014 - 1:26 PM

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This species has been recently recorded in the Mediterranean, but it is not included in the catalogue


Mienis H.K., Zaslow R.B.-D. and Rittner O. (2012) First records of Alectryonella plicatula from the Mediterranean coast of Israel (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Ostreidae). Triton 26, 4–5.

Fabio CROCETTA
8/11/2014 - 12:14 PM

Mediterranean records ascribed to Dendostrea frons/D. folium, Dendostrea sandvichensis (= Alectryonella/Dendostrea crenulifera) and Alectryonella plicatula (Gmelin, 1791) should be listed as a single species "Dendostrea sp." (see Crocetta et al., 2014)

2014 (in press). Crocetta F., Mariottini P., Salvi D. & Oliverio M.  Does GenBank provide a reliable DNA barcode reference to identify small alien oysters invading the Mediterranean Sea? Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, doi: 10.1017/S0025315414001027.

Stelios Katsanevakis
8/28/2014 - 9:54 AM

A new species was created in the Master table (R18210), whose status is QUESTIONABLE after Crocetta et al. (2014).

Stelios Katsanevakis
8/28/2014 - 9:54 AM

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