Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Dreissenoidea > Family Dreissenidae > Subfamily Dreisseninae > Genus Mytilopsis

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mytilopsis*	Conrad, 1858	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mytilus leucophaeata*	Conrad, 1831	objective synonym
*Congeria leucophaeta*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Mytilus leucophaeatus*	Conrad, 1831	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: brakwatermossel

English: brackish water wedge clam; Conrad's false musle; Conrad's false mussel; dark false mussel; dark falsemussel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: fausse moule brune sources: Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.

German: Brackwasser-Dreieckmuschel; Brackwasserdreiecksmuschel; Brackwasser-Dreiecksmuschel

Literature

basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Zulian E. & Quaggiotto E. (2020). First report of Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) from the coasts of Italy. Bollettino Malacologico. 56(2): 176-180.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Howells R. G., Neck R. W. & Murray H. D. (1996). Freshwater mussels of Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Press, Austin, Texas. pp. i-iv, 1-218. ISBN: 978-1-885-69610-6.
additional source	Williams, J. D., Butler, R. S., Warren, G. L. & Johnson, N. A. (2014). Freshwater Mussels of Florida. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 498 pp.
redescription	Marelli, D. C. & Gray, S. 1983. Conchological redescriptions of Mytilopsis sallei and Mytilopsis leucophaeta of the brackish western Atlantic. The Veliger 25(3): 185-193

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156887

Dr. Rafael Araujo. Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e734e1c8-21aa-41b7-8a55-1932544f2a5c