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(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
of Authors.
Philippi, 1853. Handb. Conch. Mal.: 364.
Grimm, 1876. Kaspinskoe Fauna: 143.
Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 71.

Dreissensia Bronn, 1862

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
‘van Beneden’ of Authors.
Bronn, 1862. Klass. Ord., Weichthiere 3: 352, 360, 364, etc.
Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 260.
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 162.
Locard, 1893. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1: 126.

Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835

Rossmässler, 1835. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (1): 112.
Type species: Tichogonia chemnitzii Rossmässler, 1835 (monotypy) = Dreissena polymorpha

Dithalmia Jay, 1835

Jay, 1835. Cat. Rec. Shells: 19. [nomen nudum]

Driessena Van Beneden, 1835

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Van Beneden, 1835. Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: 25.
Van Beneden, 1835. Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: 44.

Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835

Van Beneden, 1835. Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: 25. [nomen nudum]
Van Beneden, 1835. Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: 44.
Type species: Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771 = Dreissena polymorpha

Driessenia Van Beneden, 1835

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Van Beneden, 1835. Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: index, iii.

Dythalmia Jay, 1836

(error for Dithalmia Jay, 1835)
Jay, 1836. Cat. Rec. Shells: 25. [nomen nudum]

Mytilina Cantraine, 1837

(homonym of Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 [Rotifera])
Cantraine, 1837. Ann. des Sci. Nat. 7: 302, 306.
Type species: Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 456) = Dreissena polymorpha

Mytilomya Bronn, 1838

‘ex Canthraine’ Bronn, 1838. Leth. Geogn.: 921.

Dreissina Sowerby, 1839

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 40.

Tychogonia Berge, 1847

(error for Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835)
Berge, 1847. Conch.-Buch: 83.
Type species: Tichogonia chemnitzii Rossmässler, 1835 = Dreissena polymorpha

Dreissenia Bronn, 1848

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Bronn, 1848. Index Palaeont.: 437.

Dreissensa Moquin-Tandon, 1855

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 547, 598.

Driessensia Delwaque, 1863

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Delwaque, 1863. Bull. Soc. Géol. France 20(2): 797.

Dreysseina Munier-Chalmas, 1864

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Munier-Chalmas, 1864. Bull. Soc. linn. Normandie 8: 97.

Mytolimax Schaufuss, 1869

(error for Mytilomya Bronn, 1838)
Schaufuss, 1869. Moll. Syst. Cat. Paetel 7: 22.

Dresseina Conrad, 1874

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
‘Vanbeneden’ Conrad, 1874. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 29.

Mytolomia Paetel, 1875

(error for Mytilomya Bronn, 1838)
Paetel, 1875. Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 133.

Dithalamia Paetel, 1875

(error for Dithalmia Jay, 1835)
Paetel, 1875. Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 71.

Dythalamia Paetel, 1875

(error for Dithalmia Jay, 1835)
Paetel, 1875. Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 73.

Dreyssensia Hebert & Munier-Chalmas, 1877

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Hebert & Munier-Chalmas, 1877. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 85: 126.

Dreisena Miller, 1879

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Miller, 1879. Malak. Blatt. 1: 179.
Clessin, 1880. Malak. Blatt. 2: 148.

Dreyssentia Bernard, 1895

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Bernard, 1895. Elém. Paléont.: 561.

Dreissencia Gillet, 1922

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Gillet, 1922. Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Yonne 75(2): 84.

Mytilinia Kennard & Woodward, 1926

(error for Mytilina Cantraine, 1837)
Kennard & Woodward, 1926. Syn. Brit. non-marine Moll.: 295.

Dressena Germain, 1931

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 775.

Dreistena Boué, 1940

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Boué, 1940. Turquie d’Europe 1: 477.

Pontodreissena Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1966

Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1966. Biol. Nauki 2: 15.
Type species: Mytilus rostriformis Deshayes, 1838 (orig. desig.) = Dreissena rostriformis

Carinodreissena Lvova & Starobogatov, 1982

Lvova & Starobogatov, 1982. unknown publication: ??.

Dreisseina Hata et al., 2022

(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)
Hata et al., 2022. Hydrobiologia 849: 2637.
Type species: Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771 = Dreissena polymorpha

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Dreissena, since 1900.

Dreissena — Zhadin (1965), Oesch (1984), Vidrine (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Claxton et al. (1998), ... Jihad (2023), FMCS (2025), Travina et al. (2025), Huang et al. (2025), Prie et al. (2026)
Dreissena (s.s.) — Nuttall (1990), Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994), Starobogatov et al. (2004), May et al. (2006), Bank (2006), Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dreissena (Pontodreissena) — Nuttall (1990), Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994), Starobogatov et al. (2004), May et al. (2006), Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dreissena (Carinodreissena) — Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994), May et al. (2006), Huber (2010)
Dreisena [sic] — Klymus et al. (2020)
Dreisseina [sic] — Hata et al. (2022)