Dreissenidae
Family of bivalves / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dreissenidae are a family of small freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs. They attach themselves to stones or to any other hard surface using a byssus. The shells of these bivalves are shaped somewhat like those of true mussels, and they also attach themselves to a hard substrate using a byssus; however, this group is not at all closely related to true mussels, being more closely related to the venus clams (Veneridae).
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Dreissenidae | |
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Three shells of Dreissena polymorpha without the byssus, showing the range of color and markings | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Myida |
Superfamily: | Dreissenoidea |
Family: | Dreissenidae Gray, 1840 |
Genera | |
Dreissena |
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