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Bivalvia | Myida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae

genus Rheodreissena Geda, Lujan, Perkins, Abernethy, Sabaj & Gangloff, 2018: synonymy

5 Recent freshwater species (5 total species)

Synonymy

Rheodreissena Geda et al., 2018

Geda et al., 2018. MPE 127: 1027.
Type species: Congeria hoeblichi Schütt, 1991 (orig. desig.) = Rheodreissena hoeblichi

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

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

Mytilopsis — Simone (2006), Bogan (2010), WoRMS (2011), Graf (2013), He & Zhuang (2013), Pereira et al. (2014)
Congeria — Simone (2006), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Huber (2010), Pereira et al. (2014)
Rhepdreissena — Geda et al. (2018)
Rheodreissena — Mansur et al. (2019), Ituarte (2020), Mansur et al. (2024)

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