genus Dreissena


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Noun1.genus Dreissena - zebra mussels
Dreissena
mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks
family Unionidae, Unionidae - freshwater mussels found worldwide
Dreissena polymorpha, zebra mussel - inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels
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Establishment of populations of bivalve molluscs of the genus Dreissena in the Dniester River.
Contrasting rates of spread of two congeners, Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, at different spatial scales
A new species of the genus Dreissena (Bivalvia, Dreissenidae) from Lake Ohrid.
Dreissena polymorpha and Conchophthirus acuminatus: what can we learn from host-commensal relationships

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