Many-shaped Dreissena (Dreissena polymorpha)

InvertebrateverifiedLeast Concern

Dreissena polymorpha

(Pallas, 1771)

Many-shaped Dreissena

Also known as: Wandering Mussel, Zebra Mussel

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Myida

Family

Dreissenidae

Where to find it

common

Austria Canada Lithuania Switzerland

occasional

Czech Republic Germany Netherlands Poland Russia

rare

Belgium Hungary Slovakia

Other species in Dreissenidae

Quagga Mussel (Dreissena bugensis)

Dreissena bugensis

Quagga Mussel

Brackish water mussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeata)

Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Brackish water mussel

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