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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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North America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea

family DREISSENIDAE Gray, 1840

synonyms (4 nomina) | cladomics

Included Taxa

genus Congeria Partsch, 1835: 3 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (4 available nomina) | 5 species

Distribution: North Eurasia

Decorative image of a representative of Dreissena polymorpha

genus Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835: 7 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (7 available nomina) | 8 species

Distribution: North Eurasia, North America

Decorative image of a representative of Mytilopsis leucophaeata

genus Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857: 3 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (3 available nomina) | 6 species

Distribution: Central America, East Asia, Afrotropics, North America, North Eurasia, South America

Decorative image of a representative of Rheodreissena xinguana

genus Rheodreissena Geda, Lujan, Perkins, Abernethy, Sabaj & Gangloff, 2018: 4 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (1 available nomina) | 4 species

Distribution: South America

genus Dreissenomya Fuchs, 1870: fossil only.

synonymy (1 available nomina) | 1 species

Distribution: North Eurasia

genus Prodreissensia Rovereto, 1898: fossil only.

synonymy (1 available nomina) | 2 species

Distribution: North Eurasia

genus Sinucongeria Loerenthey, 1894: fossil only.

synonymy (1 available nomina) | 1 species

Distribution: North Eurasia
 
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