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Bivalvia | Myida

superfamily DREISSENOIDEA Gray, 1840: synonymy

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Synonyms

DREISSENOIDEA Gray, 1840

Gray, 1840. Land Freshw. Brit. Turton: 277, 299 [as ‘Driessenadae’ and ‘Dreissenadae’].
Type genus: Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835 = Dreissena

ENOCEPHALOIDEA Stefani, 1880

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

TICHOGONIOIDEA Andrusov, 1893

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

DREISSENOMYOIDEA Babak, 1983

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

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