Bivalvia | 
Myida | 
Dreissenidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				; brackvatten;  djupintervall 0 - 55 m (Ref. 83435).  Temperate			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Central Pacific:  North America including Mexico.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm DL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 83435)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum depth from Ref. 104365. From littoral sediments (Ref. 1314).  Byssate, epibiotic.  Found in an estuarine environment (Ref. 104365).  Commensal with amphipods (Ref. 82302).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Life cycle:  Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Refs. 833, 111201).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Verween, A, Vincx, M. and S. Degraer 2010 Mytilopsis leucophaeata: the brackish water equivalent of Dreissena polymorpha? A review. The zebra mussel in Europe. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden/Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim, pp.29-44. (Ref. 111201)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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Verktyg
			
			
			
			
				
					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Population dynamicsTillväxtMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundans   PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 26.1 - 28.2, mean 27.4 (based on 76 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.