Species profile

Quagga Mussel

Dreissena rostriformis bugensis Andrusov, 1897

How we detect Quagga Mussel

Occurrence density

Where Quagga Mussel has been recorded

Aggregated occurrence records across its known range.

The quagga mussel is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Dreissenidae. It has a lifespan of 3 to 5 years. It has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of the otherwise fossil species Dreissena rostriformis, as Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, but is currently accepted as a distinct species.