Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Quagga Mussel
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
This species occurs in freshwater
or oligohaline
(less than 3%) rivers
,
lakes
and canals; it was recorded at depths of 0-28 m
in the Ukraine,
but as deep as 130 m in the Great Lakes (Mills
et al.
1996,
Therriault et al. 2004).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
- 5.14 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes
- 15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
- 15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels , Ditches [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
()
- Order:
Veneroida
()
- H. & A. Adams, 1856
- Superfamily:
Dreissenacea
()
- Gray, in Turton, 1840
- Family:
Dreissenidae
()
- Gray, 1840
- Genus:
Dreissena
()
- Van Beneden, 1835
- Specific name:
bugensis
- Andrusov, 1897
- Scientific name: - Dreissena bugensis Andrusov, 1897
- Specific name:
bugensis
- Andrusov, 1897
- Genus:
Dreissena
(
- Family:
Dreissenidae
(
- Superfamily:
Dreissenacea
(
- Order:
Veneroida
(
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
A recent Dreissenid molecular phylogeny using COI and 16S sequences
(Therriault et al.
2004) concluded that Dreissena bugensis
and D. rostriformis actually represent distinct
races of
a single species (sequence divergence
was 0.23 - 0.54%, comparable
to intraspecific
variability in other species). The authors
recommended
the ancestral name D. rostriformis be used, with two races,
bugensis and distincta (Therriault et al.
2004, Orlova et al. 2005). However, there is still confusion
over this.
This species is also regarded by some as a
subspecies
of the invasive Zebra Mussel D. polymorpha (M.
Seddon pers. comm.
2009).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dreissena
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. bugensis (Quagga Mussel) · D. polymorpha (Zebra Mussel)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- National Invasive Species Information Center, National Agricultural Library, United States Department of Agriculture. Web Site. Accessed May 3, 2008.
- Rintelen, T. & Van Damme, D. 2011. Dreissena bugensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2694449
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-567514
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 567514
- IUCN ID: 206075
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIVAE020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 159792
Footnotes
- Rintelen, T. & Van Damme, D. 2011. Dreissena bugensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
