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Dreissena polymorpha   (Pallas, 1771)

Zebra mussel
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Poland country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pl.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Zebra mussel, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Myida () > Dreissenidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 60 m (Ref. 104365).   Temperate

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Northeast Pacific and North America.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabit hard bottoms, on boulders, above the halocline, often forming multilayered mats. Abundant at salinities of less than 5 psu. A suspension feeder, feeds on benthic microalgae/phytoplankton (Ref. 83435).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Ruiz, G.M., P.W. Fofonoff, J.T. Carlton, M.J. Wonham and A.H. Hines. 2000. (Ref. 3359)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

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Fonti Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.