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Bivalvia | Myida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Dreissena polymorpha

nominal species Dreissena polymorpha Westerlund, 1890

Dreissena polymorpha Westerlund, 1890 = Dreissena polymorpha

Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 318. [in part]
(reference to Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771)

= Dreissena polymorpha

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Dreissensia (Groupe du Dr. fluviatilis) westerlundi Bourguignat — Locard, 1893

 
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