100 jaar na de invasie van de Amerikaanse boormossel: de relatie Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818 / Barnea candida Linnaeus, 1758

Very probably the American piddock has been introduced in England around 1890 with the American oysters Crassostrea virginea . In less than 20 years, P. pholadiformis succeeded to conquer all countries along the North Sea from France to Norway. Already immediately after the introduction of this American species in Europa, malacologists noticed that P. pholadiformis was living together with the autochtonous White piddock B. candida . The “invader" was so successful that one thought the White piddock would not survive the invasion of its American rival. Although P. pholadiformis became ( in gene... Mehr ...