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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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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 leucophaeata — Anonymous (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)
— Huber (2010)

Range

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

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Mexico