Invertebrateverified

Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Brackish water mussel

Also known as: Dark false mussel, Conrad’s false mussel, Conrad's false musle, Conrad's false mussel, False Dark Mussel, brackish water wedge clam, dark falsemussel

Taxonomy

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Myida

Family

Dreissenidae

Where to find it

rare

Netherlands Poland Russia

Other species in Dreissenidae

Dreissena rostriformis

Dreissena bugensis

Quagga Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

Many-shaped Dreissena