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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Mytilopsis

species Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831): specimens

5 available nominal species synonyms (6 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Mytilopsis leucophaeataAnonymous (2008), Bogan (2010), Kantor et al. (2010), Heiler et al. (2010), Huber (2010), ... Wesselingh et al. (2019), Kondakov et al. (2020), Ituarte (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)

Range

Brackish and freshwater, from the Gulf of Mexico north to Chesapeake Bay. Introduced in Europe.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Mytilopsis leucophaeata

MUSSELp Specimen Records


Mexico

image of lot INHS_57121
INHS_57121

Rio Pánuco, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico

image of lot INHS_89435
INHS_89435

Rio San Fernando, Cisneros Bridge, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.