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Dreissenidae Gray, 1840

104223  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104223)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Venerida (Order)
  6. Dreissenidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Carinatocongeria Stevanović, 1990 †
  2. Genus Congeria Partsch, 1835
  3. Genus Dreissena van Beneden, 1835
  4. Genus Illyricocongeria Mandic in Neubauer, Mandic & Harzhauser, 2016 †
  5. Genus Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857
  6. Genus Rheodreissena Geda, Lujan, Perkins, Abernethy, Sabaj & Gangloff, 2018
  7. Genus Aenocephalus Herrmannsen, 1846 (Unjustified (?) emendation)
  8. Genus Amygdalia Nevesskaja in Nevesskaja et al., 2013 † accepted as Congeria Partsch, 1835 (Treated as subgenus)
  9. Genus Caelogonia Gray, 1851 (Misspelling)
  10. Genus Coelogonia Bronn, 1837 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (synonym)
  11. Genus Cogeria Suklje & Poljak, 1934 † accepted as Congeria Partsch, 1835
  12. Genus Congera Pavlovich, 1927 † accepted as Congeria Partsch, 1835
  13. Genus Dithalamia Paetel, 1875 (Misspelling)
  14. Genus Dithalmia Jay, 1835 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (synonym)
  15. Genus Dreisena Clessin, 1880 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (Misspelling)
  16. Genus Dreissena Dumortier, 1835 †
  17. Genus Dreissencia Gillet, 1922 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (Misspelling)
  18. Genus Dreissenia Bronn, 1848 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835
  19. Genus Dreissensa Moquin-Tandon, 1856 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835
  20. Genus Dreissensia Bronn, 1862 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835
  21. Genus Dreissina Sowerby, 1839 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835
  22. Genus Dreistena Boué, 1840 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (Misspelling)
  23. Genus Dresseina Conrad, 1874 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (Misspelling)
  24. Genus Dreysseina Munier-Chalmas, 1864 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (Misspelling)
  25. Genus Dreyssena Hensche, 1861 † (Misspelling)
  26. Genus Dreyssensia Oppenheim, 1891 † (Misspelling)
  27. Genus Dreyssentia Bernard, 1895 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (Misspelling)
  28. Genus Driessena Beneden, 1835 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (Misspelling)
  29. Genus Driessenia Beneden, 1835 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (Misspelling)
  30. Genus Driessensia Delwaque, 1863 † accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (Misspelling)
  31. Genus Dythalamia Paetel, 1875 (Misspelling)
  32. Genus Dythalmia Jay, 1835 (Misspelling)
  33. Genus Enocephalus Goldfuss, 1837 accepted as Congeria Partsch, 1835 (synonym)
  34. Genus Enocephalus Münster, 1831 accepted as Congeria Partsch, 1835 (synonym)
  35. Genus Mytilina Cantraine, 1837 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (synonym)
  36. Genus Mytilinia Kennard & Woodward, 1926 (Misspelling)
  37. Genus Mytiloides Conrad, 1874 accepted as Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857
  38. Genus Pontodreissena Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1966 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835
  39. Genus Praxis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 accepted as Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857 (invalid: junior homonym of Praxis Guenée, 1852)
  40. Genus Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (synonym)
  41. Genus Tychogonia Berge, 1847 (Misspelling)
  42. Genus Carinodreissena Lvova & Starobogatov, 1982 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Dreissenidae Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104223 on 2026-03-24
Date
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Dreissenacea (Superfamily) > Dreissenidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): FB; stratigraphic range: Eocene (Ypresian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]
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