WoRMS taxon details
Dreisseninae J. E. Gray, 1840
1495377 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1495377)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Dreissena van Beneden, 1835
- Genus Mytilopsis Conrad, 1858
- Genus Dithalmia J. C. Jay, 1835 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Dreissenia [sic] accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Dreissensia P. Fischer, 1886 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (unjustified emendation)
- Genus Dreyssensia [sic] accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (incorrect subsequent spelling of an unjustified emendation)
- Genus Mytilina Cantraine, 1837 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (synonym)
- Genus Praxis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 accepted as Mytilopsis Conrad, 1858 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Praxis Guenée, 1852)
- Genus Tichogonia Rossmässler, 1835 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
recent + fossil
(of Dreissenidae J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, with figures of each of the kinds. By William Turton, M.D. A new edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged. ix pp. + 1 p. errata + 324 pp., pls 1-12. London (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans). [March-June 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 277, 299; note: Original spelling Driessenadae (p. 277) and Dreissenadae (p. 299). [details]
page(s): 277, 299; note: Original spelling Driessenadae (p. 277) and Dreissenadae (p. 299). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dreisseninae J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1495377 on 2025-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dreissenidae J. E. Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, with figures of each of the kinds. By William Turton, M.D. A new edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged. ix pp. + 1 p. errata + 324 pp., pls 1-12. London (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans). [March-June 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 277, 299; note: Original spelling Driessenadae (p. 277) and Dreissenadae (p. 299). [details]
page(s): 277, 299; note: Original spelling Driessenadae (p. 277) and Dreissenadae (p. 299). [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
