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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae genus Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835: species
7 available nominal genus synonyms (33 total synonyms) | cladomics 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 |  Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
syonymy (45 available, 57 total) | specimens (6 + 151 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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