Mytilopsis
Appearance
Mytilopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Myida |
Superfamily: | Dreissenoidea |
Family: | Dreissenidae |
Genus: | Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857 |
Species | |
7 species (see text) |
Mytilopsis is a genus of small fresh- and brackishwater mussels in the family Dreissenidae.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Mytilopsis are:[1]
- Mytilopsis adamsi J. P. E. Morrison, 1946
- Mytilopsis africana (Van Beneden, 1835)
- Mytilopsis lacustris (Morelet, 1860)
- Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)
- Mytilopsis ornata (Morelet, 1885)
- Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)
- Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)
Synonyms:[1]
- Mytilopsis allyneana accepted as Mytilopsis adamsi
- Mytilopsis domingensis accepted as Mytilopsis sallei
- Mytilopsis zeteki accepted as Mytilopsis adamsi
- Mytilopsis lopesi accepted as Rheodreissena lopesi
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 November 2021.