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Dreissena (Prodreissensia)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae

Taxonomy
Prodreissensia was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Dreissena (Prodreissensia) by Cox et al. (1969).

It was assigned to Dreissena by Cox et al. (1969); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Dreissena (Prodreissensia) Cox et al. p. N644
2002Prodreissensia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilyDreissenoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDreissenidaeGray 1840
genusDreissenaBeneden 1835
subgenusProdreissensia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available