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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae genus Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857: species
3 available nominal genus synonyms (5 total synonyms) | cladomics  Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)
syonymy (5 available, 6 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Brackish and freshwater, from the Gulf of Mexico north to Chesapeake Bay. Introduced in Europe. (North America, North Eurasia)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, Cytb, H3, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase
| Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)
syonymy (7 available, 7 total) | specimens (0)
Range: From the Caribbean south to Venezuela and Guyana. (North America, Central America, South America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, other
NatureServe: GNR
other links: MolluscaBase | Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)
syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Native to western Colombia and Ecuador. Introduced to the Caribbean. (Central America, South America)
other links: MolluscaBase | Mytilopsis adamsi Morrison, 1946 (brackish)
syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, Pacific Central America. Introduced in southeastern Asia. (Central America, East Asia)
other links: MolluscaBase | Mytilopsis africana (Van Beneden, 1835) (brackish)
syonymy (8 available, 9 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, tropical eastern Atlantic, from Senegal to the Congo. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase | Mytilopsis modiolopsis (Andrusov, 1897) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, Ukraine. (North Eurasia) | Mytilopsis spathulata (Partsch, 1835) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, Europe. (North Eurasia) | Mytilopsis triangularis (Partsch, 1835) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, Europe. (North Eurasia) |
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