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Mon 13 Mar 2023

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 | Dreissenidae

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

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

Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)
2 synonyms
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.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

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

Dreissena carinata (Dunker, 1853)
7 synonyms
Range: Lake Ohrid, Albania and Macedonia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, Cytb.
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable (Dreissena blanci), Near Threatened (Dreissena presbensis).
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Dreissena caspia Eichwald, 1855 (brackish)
3 synonyms
Range: Brackish, Caspian and Aral Seas. [North Eurasia]
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3 4.

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

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

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

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

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
56 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.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2 3 4.

Dreissena rostriformis (Deshayes, 1838) (brackish)
4 synonyms
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
Range: Euphrates River, Iraq. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

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

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