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Dreissenidae

The Dreissenidae are a family of small freshwater aquatic bivalve molluscs, commonly called mussels although not at all closely related to true mussels. The shells of these bivalves are shaped somewhat like those of true mussels, which they also resemble in attaching themselves to a hard substrate such as stone using a byssus; however, this group is more…

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Dreissena polymorphaInvasive speciesD. bugensis
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Genera

CongeriaDreissenaType genusMytilopsisRheodreissena
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GillsBrackish
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AquaticBivalveMolluscsMusselsByssus
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related to Genera · 3
Dreissenidae → Congeria, Genera, South American

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mussels family shells dreissena range closely related true byssus shell polymorpha mytilopsis congeria rheodreissena species bivalves somewhat also attaching hard

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stone using a byssusinstance ofwhich they also resemble in attaching themselves to a hard substrate0.80text
Dreissenidaerelated to GeneraGenera0.60section
Dreissenidaerelated to GeneraCongeria0.60section
Dreissenidaerelated to GeneraSouth American0.60section

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