Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Dreissenoidea > Family Dreissenidae > Genus Mytilopsis

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mytilopsis*	Conrad, 1857	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mytilus leucophaeatus*	Conrad, 1831	basionym
*Mytilus leucophaeata*	Conrad, 1831	objective synonym
*Congeria leucophaeta*	(Conrad, 1831)	synonym
*Mytilus leucophaeatus*	Conrad, 1831	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: brakwatermossel

English: Conrad's false musle; dark falsemussel sources: Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l’Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: fausse moule brune

Literature

basis of record	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (22 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Global invasive species database - Mytilopsis leucophaeata
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156887

Dr Rafael Araujo. Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=337882