Stats

Lifespan

2-5 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Filter Feeder

Activity

Cathemeral

Social

Colony

Biome

Freshwater

Range

Eastern Europe

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Armor

Status

Uncommon

About

This small freshwater mollusk clings to hard surfaces in lakes and rivers. It uses strong sticky threads to anchor itself and can filter one liter of water daily.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   juvenile

   A juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
2. 2.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult shell size or body length.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Myida

Family

Dreissenidae

Genus

Dreissena

Species

Dreissena polymorpha