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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025
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Bivalvia
| Myoida
| Dreissenoidea
| Dreissenidae
genus Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835: synonymy7 Recent freshwater species (13 total species)
Synonymy
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)
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)
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)
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)
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), ... Bogatov (2022), Prié et al. (2023), Jihad (2023), FMCS (2025), Travina 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)
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