Check List 12(1): e19448, doi: 10.15560/12.1.1846
Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae): first record in the São Francisco River basin, Brazil
expand article infoNewton P. U. Barbosa‡, Fabiano A. Silva‡, Márcia Divina de Oliveira§, Miguel Arcanjo dos Santos Neto|, Marcela David de Carvalho, Antônio Valadão Cardoso#
‡ Centro de Bioengenharia de Espécies Invasoras (CBEIH), Centro de Inovação e Tecnologia SENAI FIEMG, Brazil§ Embrapa Pantanal, Brazil| Companhia Hidro-Elétrica do São Francisco (CHESF), Estação de Piscicultura de Paulo Afonso – EPPA, Brazil¶ Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG), Avenida Barbacena, 1200, Santo Agostinho, Brazil# Centro de Bioengenharia de Espécies Invasoras (CBEIH), Centro de Inovação e Tecnologia SENAI FIEMG – Campus CETEC, Brazil

Corresponding author: Newton Barbosa ( newtonulhoa@gmail.com )

© 2017 Newton Barbosa, Fabiano Silva, Márcia de Oliveira, Miguel Neto, Marcela de Carvalho, Antônio Cardoso.
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Citation: Barbosa N, de Carvalho M, Silva F, Neto M, de Oliveira M, Cardoso A (2016) Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae): first record in the São Francisco River basin, Brazil. Check List 12(1): 1846. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.1.1846
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Abstract
Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) is a small mytilid native to Southeast Asia. It was introduced in South America in early 1990 and has dispersed from Argentina to central Brazil, and until 2014 has been restricted mainly to the Paraná and Uruguay river basins. The present note reports the occurrence of Limnoperna fortunei for the first time in the São Francisco River basin in northeastern Brazil. The establishment of L. fortunei in these regions will require close attention from the government and also by society.
Keywords
Caatinga; Golden Mussel; Northeastern Brazil