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Beach of Shells
Zebra mussel shells litter the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin. Zebra mussels were transported to the Great Lakes through the St. Lawrence Waterway from the Atlantic Ocean and have become a poster child for aquatic invasive species in North America.
The zebra mussel is a small freshwater mussel. This species was originally native to the lakes of southern Russia being first described in 1769 by a German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in the Ural, Volga and Dnieper rivers. They are still found nearby, as Pontic and Caspian species. However, it has been accidentally introduced in many other areas, and has become an invasive species in many different countries worldwide.
Zebra mussels get their name from a striped pattern which is commonly.. more
