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Dreissena

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Description

Dreissena is a genus of small freshwater mussels in the family Dreissenidae. The exact taxonomy of the species within the genus Dreissena is, however, uncertain.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreissena, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287071	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287071
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	60169	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60169

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : Dreissena

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Dreissenidae : Dreissena

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Dreissenoitei	Moore 1952
superfamily	Dreissenoidea
family	Dreissenidae	Gray 1840
genus	Dreissena	van Beneden 1835

Scientific Name

Dreissena van Beneden, 1835

Name Published In

Bull. Acad. roy. Sci. Belg., 2: 25

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dreissena	genus	belongs to Dreissenidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Dreissena	genus	belongs to Dreissenidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (67%)

First Recorded Appearance

83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Dreissenidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Dreissenidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreissena

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dreissena anatolica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena bourguignati species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena bugensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena caputlacus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena carinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena caspia species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dreissena chonioides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dreissena curvirostris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dreissena elata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dreissena gallandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena grimmi species	listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dreissena iconica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena polymorpha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena presbensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena rostriformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena siouffi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dreissena tschaudae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Dithalmia Jay, 1835	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dithalmia*
Dreissenia Bronn, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dreissenia*
Dreisena Clessin, 1880	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dreisena*
Driessenia Beneden, 1835	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Driessenia*
Driessena Beneden, 1835	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Driessena*
Dreyssentia Bernard, 1895	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dreyssentia*
Pontodreissena Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1966	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Pontodreissena*
Dreysseina Munier-Chalmas, 1864	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dreysseina*
Dreissensa Moquin-Tandon, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dreissensa*
Mytilina Cantraine, 1837	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Mytilina*
Driessensia Delwaque, 1863	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Driessensia*
Dreissencia Gillet, 1922	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dreissencia*
Dreissensia Bronn, 1862	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dreissensia*
Dreistena Boué, 1840	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dreistena*
Dreissina Sowerby, 1839	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dreissina*
Dresseina Conrad, 1874	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Dresseina*
Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Dreissenidae : *Tichogonia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1835	Dreissena Beneden
1980	Dreissena Vokes p. 154
2010	Dreissena Bouchet et al.

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 351 Acceptance of the emendation to Dreissena of the generic name Driessena van Beneden, 1835 (class Pelecypoda).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 11(1), 1-24 (1955) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Bull. Acad. Roy. Bruxelles, 2, 44 (as Driessena; also as Dreissena p. 166 and Driessenia Index p. iij). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species

InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). - via World Register of Marine Species

Nomenclator Zoologicus (supplementary record created) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Beneden, P.J. van. (1835). Histoire naturelle et anatomique du Driessena [sic] polymorpha, genre nouveau dans la famille de mylilacées [sic]. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles. 2(1): 25-26. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bull. Acad. Roy. Bruxelles, 2, 25 (as Driessena; also as Dreissena p. 166 and Driessenia Index p. iij). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gittenberger et al. (2004) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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