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Dreissenidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae

Taxonomy
Dreissenidae was named by Gray (1840) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5169]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Dreissenacea by Vokes (1980); and to Dreissenoidea by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Dreissenidae Gray
1880Enocephalidae de Stefani
1893Tichogoniidae Andrusov
1980Dreissenidae Vokes p. 154
2006Dreissenidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 233
2009Dreissenidae Nevesskaja
2010Dreissenidae Bouchet et al.
2011Dreissenidae Carter et al. p. 17

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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
familyDreissenidaeGray 1840

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.

Fm. Dreissenidae Gray 1840
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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
Subfm. †Dreissenomyinae Babak 1983
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G. Mytilopsis Conrad 1857
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†Mytilopsis aletici Brusina 1907
†Mytilopsis frici Brusina 1904
†Mytilopsis jadrovi Brusina 1892
†Mytilopsis lamellata Dall 1898
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Invalid names: Mytilopsis cochleata Kickx 1835 [synonym]
†Mytilopsis nystiana d'Orbigny 1847
†Mytilopsis sallei Récluz 1849
†Mytilopsis scripta Conrad 1874
†Mytilopsis trigalensis Olsson 1931
Invalid names: Dreisseninae Gray 1840 [empty], Enocephalidae de Stefani 1880 [synonym], Tichogoniidae Andrusov 1893 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP/WN, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).f
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 Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Dreissena sp. (7617)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Dreissena sp. (5556)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dreissena sp. (39891)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Hungary Dreissena sp. (78009)
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene47.8 - 28.4Haiti Mytilopsis domingensis (173456)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dreissena brardii (39643)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dreissena sp. (39840 40271)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru (Piura) Mytilopsis trigalensis (55439)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium Mytilopsis nystiana (111366 111371)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Haiti Dreissena sp. (61193)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti Mytilopsis domingensis (173458 173459)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany Congeria sp. (70002)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Mytilopsis basteroti (77734)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Congeria basteroti (8211)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) Mytilopsis aquitanica, Congeria basteroti, Congeria subbasteroti (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Congeria indet. (70337)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Mytilopsis ermiocenicus (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Mytilopsis aletici (231199) Mytilopsis jadrovi (231256 231257) Mytilopsis sp. (231252 231253)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Croatia Mytilopsis aletici (231215) Mytilopsis aletici, Mytilopsis jadrovi (231211 231214 231217) Mytilopsis jadrovi (231201 231202 231203 231204 231205 231206 231207 231208 231209 231210 231212 231213 231216 231218 231219 231220 231221 231222 231224 231225 231226 231227)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Congeria sandbergeri (60312)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru Mytilopsis sallei (142958 143046) Mytilopsis scripta, Mytilopsis sallei (142959)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Mytilopsis sp. (106570)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel Dreissenidae indet. (197657 197659)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Thraki) Congeria sp. (205293 205294 205295)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Mytilopsis domingensis (58867)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia Congeria banatica, Congeria czjzeki, Congeria martonfii, Congeria zahalkai (68266) Congeria martonfii, Congeria ornithopsis, Congeria partschi (68265) Congeria sp. (68221)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Mytilopsis domingensis (60109)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Congeria neumayri (37789)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Austria Congeria subglobosa (127417)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Congeria sp. (113998) Dreissena rostriformis (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bosnia and Herzegovina Congeria basteroti (178160)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Georgia Dreissena simplex, Congeria flexuosa (45922) Dreissena simplex, Dreissena sp., Congeria flexuosa (45925) Dreissena sp. (45924) Dreissena sp., Congeria flexuosa (45921 45923)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Congeria subcarinata (73301) Dreissena sp., Congeria carinata (73300)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Mytilopsis jamaicensis (58522 69090)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Congeria cochleata (80307)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Mytilopsis lamellata (79331) Mytilopsis sp. (79786)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Dreissensia leucopheata (66772 66775)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Dreissena caspia, Dreissena elata, Dreissena grimmi (201990)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Congeria leucopheatus (66742)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mytilopsis leucophaeata (96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Mytilopsis leucophaeata (41935 92776) Mytilopsis leucophaneata (41939)