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Dreissena

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae

Taxonomy
Dreissena was named by Beneden (1835) [m. kosnik taxon no: 4307].

It was assigned to Dreissenidae by Vokes (1980) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Dreissena Beneden
1980Dreissena Vokes p. 154
2010Dreissena Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilyDreissenoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDreissenidaeGray 1840
genusDreissenaBeneden 1835

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Dreissena Beneden 1835
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Dreissena caspia Eichwald 1855
Dreissena chonioides Cossmann 1887
Dreissena curvirostris Cossmann 1887
Dreissena elata Andrusov 1897
Dreissena grimmi Andrusov 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-06 16:19:54
Modified: 2009-07-06 18:19:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) D. sp. (7617)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) D. sp. (5556)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (39891)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Hungary D. sp. (78009)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. brardii (39643)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (39840 40271)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Haiti D. sp. (61193)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) D. rostriformis (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Georgia D. simplex (45922) D. simplex, D. sp. (45925) D. sp. (45921 45923 45924)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania D. sp. (73300)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Russian Federation D. caspia, D. elata, D. grimmi (201990)