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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