Bivalvia | Myida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae

genus Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835: synonymy

7 Recent freshwater species (13 total species)

Synonymy

Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835

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

Driessena 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.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

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

Mytilina Cantraine, 1837

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

Dreissensia Bronn, 1862

‘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.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

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

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

Dreyssena Philippi, 1853

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

Dithalmia Jay, 1835

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

Driessenia Van Beneden, 1835

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

Dythalmia Jay, 1836

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

Coelogonia Bronn, 1837

Bronn, 1837. N. Jhrb. Min.: 164, 431.
(error for Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835)

Mytilomya Bronn, 1838

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

Dreissina Sowerby, 1839

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

Tychogonia Berge, 1847

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

Dreissenia Bronn, 1848

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

Caelogonia Gray, 1851

Gray, 1851. List Brit. Animals Brit. Mus. (7): 122.
(error for Coelogonia Bronn, 1837)

Dreissensa Moquin-Tandon, 1855

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

Driessensia Delwaque, 1863

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

Dreysseina Munier-Chalmas, 1864

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

Mytolimax Schaufuss, 1869

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

Dresseina Conrad, 1874

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

Mytolomia Paetel, 1875

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

Dithalamia Paetel, 1875

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

Dythalamia Paetel, 1875

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

Dreyssensia Hebert & Munier-Chalmas, 1877

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

Dreisena Miller, 1879

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

Dreyssentia Bernard, 1895

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

Dreissencia Gillet, 1922

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

Mytilinia Kennard & Woodward, 1926

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

Dressena Germain, 1931

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

Dreistena Boué, 1940

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

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), ... Prié et al. (2023), Jihad (2023), FMCS (2025), Travina et al. (2025), Huang et al. (2025)
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)