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Dreissenidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae

Taxonomy
Dreissenidae was named by Gray (1840) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5169]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Dreissenacea by Vokes (1980); and to Dreissenoidea by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Dreissenidae Gray
1880Enocephalidae de Stefani
1893Tichogoniidae Andrusov
1980Dreissenidae Vokes p. 154
2006Dreissenidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 233
2009Dreissenidae Nevesskaja
2010Dreissenidae Bouchet et al.
2011Dreissenidae Carter et al. p. 17

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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
familyDreissenidaeGray 1840

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.

Fm. Dreissenidae Gray 1840
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G. †Dreissena Beneden 1835
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Dreissena caspia Eichwald 1855
Dreissena chonioides Cossmann 1887
Dreissena curvirostris Cossmann 1887
Dreissena elata Andrusov 1897
Dreissena grimmi Andrusov 1890
Subfm. †Dreissenomyinae Babak 1983
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G. Mytilopsis Conrad 1857
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Mytilopsis aletici Brusina 1907
Mytilopsis frici Brusina 1904
Mytilopsis jadrovi Brusina 1892
Mytilopsis lamellata Dall 1898
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Invalid names: Mytilopsis cochleata Kickx 1835 [synonym]
Mytilopsis nystiana d'Orbigny 1847
Mytilopsis sallei Récluz 1849
Mytilopsis scripta Conrad 1874
Mytilopsis trigalensis Olsson 1931
Invalid names: Dreisseninae Gray 1840 [empty], Enocephalidae de Stefani 1880 [synonym], Tichogoniidae Andrusov 1893 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available