Quagga Mussel (Dreissena bugensis)

InvertebrateverifiedLeast Concern

Dreissena bugensis

Andrusov, 1897

Quagga Mussel

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Taxonomy

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Myida

Family

Dreissenidae

Where to find it

common

occasional

rare

Austria Germany Netherlands Poland Slovakia Switzerland

Other species in Dreissenidae

Many-shaped Dreissena (Dreissena polymorpha)

Dreissena polymorpha

Many-shaped Dreissena

Brackish water mussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeata)

Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Brackish water mussel

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