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Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

AphiaID

156887 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156887)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mytilopsis Conrad, 1858

Original name

Mytilus leucophaeatus Conrad, 1831

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674
page(s): 263-264; pl. 11 fig. 13 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156887 on 2025-05-13

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156887 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 11:54:45Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-05-20 06:37:52Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2011-10-23 16:41:52Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2016-01-05 16:36:47Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2019-10-19 09:18:23Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description (of ) Conrad, T. A. (1831). Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6(2): 256-268, plate 11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677674
page(s): 263-264; pl. 11 fig. 13 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Williams, J. D., Butler, R. S., Warren, G. L. & Johnson, N. A. (2014). Freshwater Mussels of Florida. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 498 pp. [details]

additional source Howells R. G., Neck R. W. & Murray H. D. (1996). Freshwater mussels of Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Press, Austin, Texas. pp. i-iv, 1-218. ISBN: 978-1-885-69610-6. [details]

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., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

additional source Zulian E. & Quaggiotto E. (2020). First report of Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) from the coasts of Italy. Bollettino Malacologico. 56(2): 176-180. [details]

redescription Marelli, D. C. & Gray, S. 1983. Conchological redescriptions of Mytilopsis sallei and Mytilopsis leucophaeta of the brackish western Atlantic. The Veliger 25(3): 185-193, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42517063 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	brakwatermossel	[details]
English	dark falsemusseldark false musselConrad's false musselConrad's false muslebrackish water wedge clam	[details]
French	fausse moule brune	[details]
German	Brackwasser-DreiecksmuschelBrackwasserdreiecksmuschelBrackwasser-Dreieckmuschel	[details]