''Mytilopsis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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

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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 ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Mytilopsis'' are: * ''

Mytilopsis adamsi ''Mytilopsis'' is a genus of small fresh- and brackishwater mussels in the family Dreissenidae. Species Species within the genus ''Mytilopsis'' are: * '' Mytilopsis adamsi'' J. P. E. Morrison, 1946 * '' Mytilopsis africana'' (Van Beneden, 1835) ...

'' J. P. E. Morrison, 1946 * '' Mytilopsis africana'' (Van Beneden, 1835) * ''

Mytilopsis lacustris ''Mytilopsis'' is a genus of small fresh- and brackishwater mussels in the family Dreissenidae The Dreissenidae are a family of small freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs. They attach themselves to stones or to any other hard surface ...

'' (Morelet, 1860) * '' Mytilopsis leucophaeata'' (Conrad, 1831) * '' Mytilopsis ornata'' (Morelet, 1885) * '' Mytilopsis sallei'' (Récluz, 1849) * '' Mytilopsis trautwineana'' (Tryon, 1866) Synonyms: * ''Mytilopsis allyneana'' accepted as ''

'' * ''Mytilopsis domingensis'' accepted as '' Mytilopsis sallei'' * ''Mytilopsis zeteki'' accepted as ''

'' * ''Mytilopsis lopesi'' accepted as '' Rheodreissena lopesi''

References

Dreissenidae Bivalve genera Taxa named by Timothy Abbott Conrad {{bivalve-stub