Top Level : Harvesting : Mussels : Mussel Species

The Zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771), has no commercial value, but is important because it poses a threat to native mussels by colonizing their shells and competing for food and oxygen. (Conservation status: Currently stable).
Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM)

Photograph by Robert E. Warren, Illinois State Museum.

The <b>Zebra mussel</b>, <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i> (Pallas, 1771), has no commercial value, but is important because it poses a threat to native mussels by colonizing their shells and competing for food and oxygen. (Conservation status: Currently stable).<br>Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM)