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Gray, J.E. 1840. A Manual of the Land and Fresh-Water Shells of the British Islands by W. Turton.. 324 pp.
Gray, 1840. Land Freshw. Brit. Turton: 277, 299 [as ‘Driessenadae’ and ‘Dreissenadae’].Type genus: Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835 = Dreissena