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black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Classification

Order
Myida

Mytilopsis sallei, the black-striped mussel, is a small marine bivalve mollusc in the family Dreissenidae, the false mussels. It is closely related and ecologically similar to the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha. It is also considered as highly invasive species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 1