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Rangia cuneata
VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (2022). Rangia cuneata. Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria = Non-indigenous species from the Belgian part of the North Sea and estuaria. VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (VLIZ): Oostende. Diff. pag. pp.
Part of: Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria = Non-indigenous species from the Belgian part of the North Sea and estuaria. VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (VLIZ): Ostend. ISSN 2983-5518
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VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (2020). Rangia cuneata - Brakwaterstrandschelp, in: Verleye, T. et al. Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria. VLIZ Special Publication, 86: pp. 537-543, more
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    Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) [WoRMS]
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  • Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria
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  • VLIZ Alien Species Consortium
Abstract
    The Atlantic rangia Rangia cuneata is native to the Gulf of Mexico. The species colonised the Atlantic coast of North America and Europe. The first European record dates from August 2005, in the port of Antwerp. The introduction most likely occurred by transporting larvae in ship’s ballast water. The Atlantic rangia lives mainly in estuaries, in brackish and almost fresh waters. In harbours, the species can cause problems by settling in industrial cooling water systems.
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