Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Parent taxon: Dreissenidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Congeria, Dreisseninae, Dreissenomyinae, Mytilopsis, Enocephalus, Tichogonia
Subtaxa: Dreissena (Prodreissensia) Dreissena (Sinucongeria) Dreissena caspia Dreissena chonioides Dreissena curvirostris Dreissena elata Dreissena grimmi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Miocene of Georgia (5), Italy (7), Romania (1)
• Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: North Carolina, Texas)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences
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