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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Dreissena polymorpha

nominal species Mytilus chemnitzii Ferussac, 1835

Mytilus chemnitzii Ferussac, 1835 = Dreissena polymorpha

Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 140.
(reference to Tichogonia chemnitzii Rossmässler, 1835)

= Dreissena polymorpha

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Dreissena polymorpha Pallas — Clessin, 1877

 
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