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Descriptor English: Dreissena
Descriptor Spanish: Dreissena
Descriptor Dreissena
Entry term(s) mejillón cebra
Scope note: Género de mejillones de la familia Dreissenidae, clase BIVALVIA. Se encuentran tanto en aguas dulces como salobres y no son nativos de Norteamérica. Se introdujeron accidentalmente en los grandes lagos en 1986 y en la actualidad proliferan por todo el territorio de Estados Unidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Dreissena
Descriptor French: Dreissena
Entry term(s): Dreissena polymorpha
Dreissena polymorphas
Dreissenas
Mussel, Zebra
Mussels, Zebra
Zebra Mussel
Zebra Mussels
polymorphas, Dreissena
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.644.080.225
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049875
Scope note: A genus of mussels in the family Dreissenidae, class BIVALVIA. They are found in both fresh and brackish water and are not native to North America. Accidentally introduced into the Great Lakes in 1986, they now proliferate widely throughout the United States.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mollusca (1966-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 50408
Unique ID: D049875
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Dreissena - Preferred
Concept UI M0470654
Scope note A genus of mussels in the family Dreissenidae, class BIVALVIA. They are found in both fresh and brackish water and are not native to North America. Accidentally introduced into the Great Lakes in 1986, they now proliferate widely throughout the United States.
Preferred term Dreissena
Entry term(s) Dreissenas
Mussels, Zebra - Narrower
Concept UI M0470655
Scope note A species of freshwater MUSSELS in the genus DREISSENA. Their ability to attach to and colonize other mussels (UNIONIDAE) makes them ecologically destructive. Unlike most mussels, they do not possess a larval stage.
Preferred term Mussels, Zebra
Entry term(s) Dreissena polymorpha
Dreissena polymorphas
Mussel, Zebra
Zebra Mussel
Zebra Mussels
polymorphas, Dreissena



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