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The invasive dark falsemussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae): a literature review

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This paper reviews literature from the Americas and Europe on the dark falsemussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad in J Acad Nat Sci Phila 6(2):256–268, 1831), including data collected in its native habitat in the Americas that appear as incidental information in published reports. Mytilopsis leucophaeata is a poorly studied dreissenid bivalve that is native to mainly oligohaline–mesohaline regions of estuaries in North America. In its native habitat, it usually occurs in very low numbers and has rarely been mentioned in field survey reports. However, occasionally in its native habitat and often in habitats where it has been introduced (as in Europe and Brazil), it may undergo population irruptions for no clear reason. This review describes habitat characteristics, environmental tolerances, and biological and ecological attributes of the species. The assembled information reveals the species to be euryhaline and eurythermal, with an unexplained ability to persist in its native estuaries even though it is relatively short-lived and usually uncommon.

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  1. Ganapati et al. (1971), Morton (1970, 1981, 1989), Huang and Morton (1983), and Tan and Morton (2006) refer to this species as M. sallei, a native of the West Indies and the Caribbean coast. However, Marelli and Gray (1985), for various reasons, rejected the idea that M. sallei had invaded Asia from Atlantic coastal waters. Importantly, they noted that extensive boat traffic in the past from Panama to British colonial possessions in the Pacific Ocean could have transported M. adamsi from its native Pacific coast habitat to Asian locations. Wangkulangkul and Lheknim (2008) agree with this proposal, which seems reasonable. Thus, I use M. adamsi for the species in Asia even if authors used M. sallei. However, genetic studies are needed to settle the matter.

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Acknowledgments

I thank Dr. Matthew Perry for information on feeding by ducks on dark falsemussels and hooked mussels, Dr. Annik Verween for electronic reprints and an advance copy of her review of dark falsemussels in Europe, and Anne Willey for help with the Figure. The comments of two referees and the editor helped improve the presentation. Contribution Number 4453 from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

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Kennedy, V.S. The invasive dark falsemussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae): a literature review. Aquat Ecol 45, 163–183 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-010-9344-6

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