Species | Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel) |
Genus | Dreissena (a genus of molluscs) |
Family | DREISSENIDAE (zebra mussels) |
Superfamily | DREISSENOIDEA (zebra mussels) |
Order | VENEROIDA (veneroids) |
Infraclass | Euheterodonta (an infraclass of molluscs) |
Subclass | HETERODONTA (a subclass of bivalve molluscs) |
Class | BIVALVIA (bivalves) |
Phylum | MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs) |
Superphylum | LOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K. | Zebra Mussel |
Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Clarke, M. | 1999 | The effect of food availability on byssogenesis by the Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha Pallas) | J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 65: 327-333. |
Kobak, J., Pozanska, M. & Kakereko, T. | 2009 | Effect of attachment status and aggregation on the behaviour of the Zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha | J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 75: 119-126. |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 8 images of Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel) |
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