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Wed 04 Dec 2024

The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae

genus Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835: valid species
     32 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Dreissena anatolica Locard, 1893
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Beysehir, Turkey. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Native to the Dnieper-Bug in the Black Sea Basin. Introduced to Western Europe and the Laurentian Great Lakes. [North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, Cytb, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Dreissena caputlacus Schütt, 1993
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Middle East. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: COI.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Dreissena carinata (Dunker, 1853)
7 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Ohrid, Albania and Macedonia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, Cytb.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Dreissena caspia Eichwald, 1855 (brackish)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Brackish, Caspian and Aral Seas. [North Eurasia]
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3.

Dreissena diluvii Abich, 1859 (brackish)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Euphrates. Extinct. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Dreissena elata (Andrusov, 1897) (brackish)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Brackish, Caspian Sea. [North Eurasia]

Dreissena gallandi Locard, 1893
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Anatolian lakes, Turkey. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Dreissena grimmi Andrusov, 1897 (brackish)
6 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Brackish, Caspian Sea. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 28S.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
57 synonyms | 6 specimens
Range: Native range western Europe, Arctic drainages through Ponto-Caspian. Widely introduced in North America. [North America, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, COII, Cytb, H3, ND1, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Nature Serve: G5.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3 4.

Dreissena rostriformis (Deshayes, 1838) (brackish)
4 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Brackish, Caspian Sea. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, Cytb, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3.

Dreissena siouffi Locard, 1893
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Euphrates River, Iraq. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Dreissena bourguignati (Locard, 1883) (fossil)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Euphrates River, Syria. [North Eurasia]

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