Mytilopsis

Mytilopsis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Myida
Superfamily:	Dreissenoidea
Family:	Dreissenidae
Genus:	Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857
Species
7 species (see text)

Mytilopsis is a genus of small fresh- and brackishwater mussels in the family Dreissenidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Mytilopsis are:^[1]

• Mytilopsis adamsi J. P. E. Morrison, 1946
• Mytilopsis africana (Van Beneden, 1835)
• Mytilopsis lacustris (Morelet, 1860)
• Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)
• Mytilopsis ornata (Morelet, 1885)
• Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)
• Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)

Synonyms:^[1]

• Mytilopsis allyneana accepted as Mytilopsis adamsi
• Mytilopsis domingensis accepted as Mytilopsis sallei
• Mytilopsis zeteki accepted as Mytilopsis adamsi
• Mytilopsis lopesi accepted as Rheodreissena lopesi

References

1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 November 2021.