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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea

family DREISSENIDAE Gray, 1840: syonymy

Synonyms

DREISSENIDAE Gray, 1840

Gray, 1840. Land Freshw. Brit. Turton: 299.
Type genus: Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835 = Dreissena

ENOCEPHALIDAE stefani, 1880

stefani, 1880. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Enocephalus Münster, 1831 = Congeria

TICHOGONIIDAE Andrusov, 1893

Andrusov, 1893. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835 = Dreissena

DREISSENOMYIDAE Babak, 1983

Babak, 1983. Trudy Paleont. Instit. 204: 18, 59.
Type genus: Dreissenomya Fuchs, 1870 = Dreissenomya

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