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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Dreissena grimmi

nominal species Dreissensia rostriformis var. distincta Andrusov, 1897

Dreissensia rostriformis var. distincta Andrusov, 1897 = Dreissena grimmi

Andrusov, 1897. unknown publication: 273, pl. 14, figs. 18-24.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus rostriformis Deshayes, 1838)

= Dreissena grimmi

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Dreissena grimmi (Andrusov, 1897) — Wesselingh et al., 2019

= Dreissena (Pontodreissena) rostriformis distincta (Andrusov, 1897) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016

+ Dreissena rostriformis (DeShayes, 1838) — WoRMS, 2011

= Dreissena rostriformis distincta (Andrusov, 1897) — Kantor et al., 2010

= Dreissena rostriformis distinctaStepien et al., 2003

+ Dreissena (Pontodreissena) rostriformis grimmi Andrusov, 1890 — Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy, 1994

= Dreissena distincta Andrusov, 1897 — Zhadin, 1965

 
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