Mytilopsis africana: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Myida
Family
Dreissenidae
Genus
Mytilopsis
Species
Mytilopsis africana
Scientific Name
Mytilopsis africana

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Mytilopsis africana

Mytilopsis africana is a species of bivalve mollusc in the false mussel family, Dreissenidae. It is widespread along the brackish water environments of coastal West and Central Africa. It may represent a lineage of Mytilopsis sallei, a Caribbean species, that invaded the western coast of Africa during the period of slave trade.

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