''Mytilopsis'' is a

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of small fresh- and brackishwater mussels 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 ...

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 {{bivalve-stub