''Mytilopsis'' is a
genus
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of small fresh- and brackishwater
mussel
Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and Freshwater bivalve, freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other ...
s in the
family
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Dreissenidae
The Dreissenidae are a family of small freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs. They attach themselves to stones or to any other hard surface using a byssus. The shells of these bivalves are shaped somewhat like those of true mussels, and t ...
.
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Species
Species within the genus ''Mytilopsis'' are:[
* '' 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:][
* ''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
Dreissenidae
Bivalve genera
Taxa named by Timothy Abbott Conrad
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