Conchologists & alienators,
Our publication on this is now available on line - Abstract: The Chinese
mystery snail, Cipangopaludina [=Bellamya] chinensis, is documented for
the first time in the Saint John River, New
Brunswick, a watercourse which drains the largest watershed in Atlantic
Canada. This is the first non-native mollusc known to be established
in the Saint John River system. Although significant ecosystem effects
of the species seem unlikely, possible introduction of C. chinensis via
boat traffic emphasizes the need for boater education combined with
monitoring of the Saint John River system for potentially more
troublesome non-native species, including the zebra mussel, Dreissena
polymorpha. Review of published records and museum collections
for Atlantic Canada show C. chinensis has been reported from 13
freshwater wetlands and waterbodies in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland since 1955. The species remains extant in at least 10 of
these sites and is clearly more widespread in the region than the single
previously published report would suggest.
McAlpine, Donald F., Dwayne A. W. Lepitzki, Frederick W. Schueler,
Fenning J.T. McAlpine, Andrew Hebda, Robert G. Forsyth, Annegret
Nicolai, John E. Maunder, & Ron G. Noseworthy. 2016 (in press).
Occurrence of the Chinese Mystery Snail, Cipangopaludina chinensis
(Gray, 1834) (Mollusca: Viviparidae) in the Saint John River system, New
Brunswick, with a review of status in Atlantic Canada. BioInvasions
Records (2016) 5(3):149-154
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2016.5.3.05
http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.ca/2014/08/grand-lake-mystery-snails-watercolour-4.html
gives an account of the St John River discovery and our experience with
the species in Ontario, and
http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.ca/2011/08/chinese-mystery-snail-habitat-oil-on.html
an account of the ones near home.
fred.
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Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
Fragile Inheritance Natural History
Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/
Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
4 St-Lawrence Street Bishops Mills, RR#2 Oxford Station, Ontario K0G 1T0
on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
(613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
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