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Dreissena bugensis

Andrusov, 1897

Quagga Mussel

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.109133

Element CodeIMBIVAE020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumMollusca

ClassBivalvia

OrderVeneroida

FamilyDreissenidae

GenusDreissena

Synonyms

Dreissena rostriformis(Deshayes, 1838)Mytilus rostriformisDeshayes, 1838

Other Common Names

Moule quagga (FR)

Concept Reference

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.

Conservation Status

Review Date2003-10-08

Change Date1996-05-23

Range Extent Comments

Ukraine, now introduced to the U.S.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Missouri	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	SNA	No

Roadless Areas (2)

Arizona (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Cross	Tonto National Forest	5,966
Horse Mesa	Tonto National Forest	9,146

References (4)

MolluscaBase eds. 2021. MolluscaBase. http://www.molluscabase.org on 2021-04-06. doi:10.14284/448 (accessed 5 April 2021).
Ricciardi, A. and F.G. Whoriskey. 2004. Exotic species replacement: shifting dominance of dreissenid mussels in the Soulanges Canal, upper St. Lawrence River, Canada. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 23(3): 507-514.
Thorp, J.H., J.E. Alexander Jr., and G.A. Cobbs. 2002. Coping with warmer, large rivers: a field experiment on potential range expansion of northern quagga mussels (<i>Dreissena bugensis</i>). Freshwater Biology, 47: 1779-1790.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.