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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Dreissenoidea: Dreissenidae

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Introduced species


Details


Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771,
[Basis of the current name]
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Louisiana
Comments: Primarily a freshwater species, can live in low salinity estuarine conditions; introduced to the United States from the Black Sea.



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