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Bivalvia | Myida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Dreissena
species Dreissena rostriformis (Deshayes, 1838): synonymy
Synonymy
Mytilus rostriformis Deshayes, 1838
Deshayes, 1838. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 3: 61, pl. 4, figs. 14-16.
Dreissena (Pontodreissena) rostriformis — Nuttall (1990), May et al. (2006), Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
“Dreissena (Pontodreissena) rostriformis rostriformis” ** — Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994)
Dreissena rostriformis — Stepien et al. (2003), Gelembiuk et al. (2006), Grigorovich et al. (2008), Soroka (2010), WoRMS (2011), IUCN (2011), Geda et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2025)
Dreissena rostriformis rostriformis — Therriault et al. (2004)
Mytilis gracilis Rousseau, 1842
Rousseau, 1842. unknown publication: ??.
Dreissena (Pontodreissena) rostriformis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dreissena caspia Issel, 1865
(misidentified reference to Dreissena caspia Eichwald, 1855)
Issel, 1865. unknown publication: ??.
Dreissena (Pontodreissena) rostriformis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dreissena brardi Eichwald, 1885
Eichwald, 1885. unknown publication: ??.
Dreissena (Pontodreissena) rostriformis — Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dreissena rostriformis — WoRMS (2011)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Dreissena (Pontodreissena) rostriformis — Nuttall (1990), May et al. (2006), Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
“Dreissena (Pontodreissena) rostriformis rostriformis” ** — Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994)
Dreissena rostriformis — Stepien et al. (2003), Gelembiuk et al. (2006), Grigorovich et al. (2008), Soroka (2010), WoRMS (2011), IUCN (2011), Geda et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2025)
Dreissena rostriformis rostriformis — Therriault et al. (2004)
