Mytilopsis leucophaeata, False dark mussel
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Mytilopsis leucophaeata   (Conrad, 1831)

False dark mussel

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Mytilopsis leucophaeata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Myida | Dreissenidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 55 m (Ref. 83435).  Temperate

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Central Pacific: North America including Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm DL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 83435)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. From littoral sediments (Ref. 1314). Byssate, epibiotic. Found in an estuarine environment (Ref. 104365). Commensal with amphipods (Ref. 82302).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Refs. 833, 111201).

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Verween, A, Vincx, M. and S. Degraer 2010 Mytilopsis leucophaeata: the brackish water equivalent of Dreissena polymorpha? A review. The zebra mussel in Europe. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden/Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim, pp.29-44. (Ref. 111201)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.1 - 28.2, mean 27.4 (based on 76 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.