A dredge scoop from the muddy ditch bottom by Joel Wooster on 1/27/2006 tells the tale - three species [Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) Asian Clam (A), Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810 (B), and Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) Red-rim Melania (C)] - all of them exotic invasive species. Conspicuous by their absence are the native Viviparus georgianus (I. Lea, 1834) Banded Mysterysnail that were found by the hundreds during October of 2005.

A dredge scoop of the muddy ditch bottom by Joel Wooster on 1/27/2006

Complete Listing Of Freshwater Mollusks Seen In The Drainage Ditch

(Identifications by Dr. Harry G. Lee)

Bivalves

  • Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) Asian Clam Exotic

  • Elliptio jayensis (I. Lea, 1838) Florida Spike

  • Elliptio occulta (I. Lea, 1843) Hidden Spike

  • Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801) Florida Pondhorn

  • Villosa amygdalum (I. Lea, 1843) Florida Rainbow (tenuous based upon a single eroded valve)

Gastropods

  • Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) Red-rim Melania Exotic

  • Pomacea maculata G. Perry, 1811 Exotic

  • Viviparus georgianus (I. Lea, 1834) Banded Mysterysnail

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