Quagga mussel
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quagga-mussel-162-17303409
title:
Quagga mussel
text:
The quagga mussel is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Dreissenidae. It has an average lifespan of 3 to 5 years. The species is indigenous to the Dnipro River drainage of Ukraine, and is named after the quagga, an extinct subspecies of African zebra, possibly because, like the quagga, its stripes fade out towards the ventral side. The invasive quagga mussel is currently of major concern as it spreads in the rivers and lakes of Europe and also in the Great L
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Species of bivalve
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga_mussel
date created:
2005-03-25T21:25:43Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T01:42:06Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q2121978","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2121978"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Dreissena_bugensis.jpg","width":1516,"height":1060}
fields total:
13
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