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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Dreissena polymorpha

nominal species Dreissensia paradoxa Locard, 1893

Dreissensia paradoxa Locard, 1893 = Dreissena polymorpha

‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1: 176, pl. 7, fig. 8.

= Dreissena polymorpha

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) — WoRMS, 2011

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

= Dreissensia (Groupe du Dr. arnouldi) paradoxa Bourguignat — Locard, 1893

 
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