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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae

genus Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835: species

7 available nominal genus synonyms (33 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Dreissena anatolica Locard, 1893

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Lake Beysehir, Turkey. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Native to the Dnieper-Bug in the Black Sea Basin. Introduced to Western Europe and the Laurentian Great Lakes. (North America, North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, Cytb, H3, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Dreissena caputlacus Schütt, 1993

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Middle East. (North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Dreissena carinata (Dunker, 1853)

syonymy (6 available, 7 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Lake Ohrid, Albania and Macedonia. (North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, Cytb
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Dreissena gallandi Locard, 1893

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Anatolian lakes, Turkey. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Dreissena polymorpha

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

syonymy (45 available, 57 total) | specimens (6 + 212 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Native range western Europe, Arctic drainages through Ponto-Caspian. Widely introduced in North America. (North America, North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, COII, Cytb, H3, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Dreissena siouffi Locard, 1893

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Euphrates River, Iraq. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Dreissena bourguignati (Locard, 1883) (fossil)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Euphrates River, Syria. (North Eurasia)

Dreissena caspia Eichwald, 1855 (brackish)

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, Caspian and Aral Seas. (North Eurasia)

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered D
other links: MolluscaBase

Dreissena diluvii Abich, 1859 (brackish)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Euphrates. Extinct. (North Eurasia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Dreissena elata (Andrusov, 1897) (brackish)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, Caspian Sea. (North Eurasia)

Dreissena grimmi Andrusov, 1897 (brackish)

syonymy (5 available, 6 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, Caspian Sea. (North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: 28S
other links: MolluscaBase

Dreissena rostriformis (Deshayes, 1838) (brackish)

syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, Caspian Sea. (North Eurasia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, Cytb, mtGenome, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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