Dithalmia Jay, 1835
Jay, 1835, Cat. Rec. Shells: 19. [nomen nudum]

Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835
Van Beneden, 1835, Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: 25. [nomen nudum]
Van Beneden, 1835, Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: 44.
Type species: Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771 () = Dreissena polymorpha

Driessena Van Beneden, 1835
Van Beneden, 1835, Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: 25.
Van Beneden, 1835, Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: 44.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Driessenia Van Beneden, 1835
Van Beneden, 1835, Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: index, iii.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835
Rossmässler, 1835, Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (1): 112.
Type species: Tichogonia chemnitzii Rossmässler, 1835 (monotypy) = Dreissena polymorpha

Dythalmia Jay, 1836
Jay, 1836, Cat. Rec. Shells: 25. [nomen nudum]
(error for Dithalmia Jay, 1835)

Coelogonia Bronn, 1837
Bronn, 1837, N. Jhrb. Min.: 164, 431.
(error for Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835)

Mytilina Cantraine, 1837
Cantraine, 1837, Ann. des Sci. Nat. 7: 302, 306.
(homonym of Bory de St. Vincent, 1824 [Rotifera])
Type species: Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 456) = Dreissena polymorpha

Mytilomya Bronn, 1838
‘ex Canthraine’ Bronn, 1838, Leth. Geogn.: 921.

Dreissina Sowerby, 1839
Sowerby, 1839, Conch. Man.: 40.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Tychogonia Berge, 1847
Berge, 1847, Conch.-Buch: 83.
(error for Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835)

Dreissenia Bronn, 1848
Bronn, 1848, Index Palaeont.: 437.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Caelogonia Gray, 1851
Gray, 1851, List Brit. Animals Brit. Mus. (7): 122.
(error for Coelogonia Bronn, 1837)

Dreyssena Philippi, 1853
of Authors.
Philippi, 1853, Handb. Conch. Mal.: 364.
Grimm, 1876, Kaspinskoe Fauna: 143.
Grimm, 1877, Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 71.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Dreissensa Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Moquin-Tandon, 1855, Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 547, 598.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Dreissensia Bronn, 1862
‘van Beneden’ of Authors.
Bronn, 1862, Klass. Ord., Weichthiere 3: 352, 360, 364, etc.
Locard, 1883, Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 260.
Morlet, 1889, J. de Conch. 37: 162.
Locard, 1893, Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1: 126.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Driessensia Delwaque, 1863
Delwaque, 1863, Bull. Soc. Géol. France 20(2): 797.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Dreysseina Munier-Chalmas, 1864
Munier-Chalmas, 1864, Bull. Soc. linn. Normandie 8: 97.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Mytolimax Schaufuss, 1869
Schaufuss, 1869, Moll. Syst. Cat. Paetel 7: 22.
(error for Mytilomya Bronn, 1838)

Dresseina Conrad, 1874
‘Vanbeneden’ Conrad, 1874, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 26: 29.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Dithalamia Paetel, 1875
Paetel, 1875, Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 71.
(error for Dithalmia Jay, 1835)

Dythalamia Paetel, 1875
Paetel, 1875, Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 73.
(error for Dithalmia Jay, 1835)

Mytolomia Paetel, 1875
Paetel, 1875, Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 133.
(error for Mytilomya Bronn, 1838)

Dreyssensia Hebert & Munier-Chalmas, 1877
Hebert & Munier-Chalmas, 1877, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 85: 126.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Dreisena Miller, 1879
Miller, 1879, Malak. Blatt. 1: 179.
Clessin, 1880, Malak. Blatt. 2: 148.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Dreyssentia Bernard, 1895
Bernard, 1895, Elém. Paléont.: 561.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Dreissencia Gillet, 1922
Gillet, 1922, Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Yonne 75(2): 84.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Mytilinia Kennard & Woodward, 1926
Kennard & Woodward, 1926, Syn. Brit. non-marine Moll.: 295.
(error for Mytilina Cantraine, 1837)

Dressena Germain, 1931
Germain, 1931, Faune de France 22: 775.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Dreistena Boué, 1940
Boué, 1940, Turquie d’Europe 1: 477.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Pontodreissena Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1966
Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1966, Biol. Nauki 2: 15.
Type species: Mytilus rostriformis Deshayes, 1838 (orig. desig.) = Dreissena rostriformis

Carinodreissena Lvova & Starobogatov, 1982
Lvova & Starobogatov, 1982, unknown publication: ??.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Dreissena — Zhadin (1965), Oesch (1984), Vidrine (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), ..., Bogatov (2022), Prié et al. (2023), Jihad (2023), FMCS (2025)
Dreissena (s.s.) — Nuttall (1990), Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994), Starobogatov et al. (2004), May et al. (2006), Bank (2006), Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dreissena (Pontodreissena) — Nuttall (1990), Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994), Starobogatov et al. (2004), May et al. (2006), Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dreissena (Carinodreissena) — Rosenberg & Ludyanskiy (1994), May et al. (2006), Huber (2010)
Dreisena [sic] — Klymus et al. (2020)