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Zebra Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

Photo by FlanaganLife
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Field Notes

Description:

As you can see from the pictures, there's a range of appearance as far as stripes and or coloring. The stable trait is the shape of the shell: D-shaped. They can be very sharp when split open, like these empty shells are, and the shell shape gives them strength enough to cut into your foot.

Habitat:

Freshwater reservoir.

Notes:

The third photo shows the two halves of shells open but still attached to each other. Most are just half of a shell.

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PublishedOctober 28, 2013

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