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Margaritiferidae

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Geography

Central America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Dreissena

species Dreissena elata (Andrusov, 1897): synonymy

Synonymy

Dreissensia polymorpha var. elata Andrusov, 1897

Andrusov, 1897. unknown publication: 353, pl. 20, fig. 25.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena (s.s.) elata — Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994), Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dreissena elata elata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Dreissena elata — WoRMS (2011), Wesselingh et al. (2019)

Dreissensia polymorpha var. lata Andrusov, 1897

Andrusov, 1897. unknown publication: ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena elata elata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Dreissena (s.s.) elata — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Dreissena (s.s.) elata — Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994), Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dreissena elata elata — Kantor et al. (2010)
Dreissena elata — WoRMS (2011), Wesselingh et al. (2019)

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