InvertebrateverifiedLeast Concern

Mytilopsis leucophaeata

(Conrad, 1831)

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

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Taxonomy

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Myida

Family

Dreissenidae

Where to find it

rare

Netherlands Poland Russia

Other species in Dreissenidae

Dreissena bugensis

Quagga Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

Many-shaped Dreissena