MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Mytilopsis africana specimens

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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Mytilopsis

species Mytilopsis africana (Van Beneden, 1835): specimens
9 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Mytilopsis africana — Huber (2010), IUCN (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Mytilopsis lacustris — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Mytilopsis ornata — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Range: Brackish, tropical eastern Atlantic, from Senegal to the Congo.

There are no specimens in the MUSSELpdb for this species.

Page updated: 08:47:32 Wed 06 Nov 2024

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