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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Dreissena polymorpha

nominal species Mytilus e fluvio wolga Chemnitz, 1795

Mytilus e fluvio wolga Chemnitz, 1795 = Dreissena polymorpha

specimen image from publicationChemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: 256, pl. 205, fig. 2028. [non-binomial]

= Dreissena polymorpha

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Dreissena polymorpha polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) — Kantor et al., 2010

+ Dreissena (s.s.) polymorphus (P.S. Pallas, 1771) — Huber, 2010

+ Dreissena polymorpha Pallas — Clessin, 1877

+ Dreissena polymorpha Van Beneden — Brown, 1844

 
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