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Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia
order
Myida
family
Dreissenidae
genus
Dreissena
species
Dreissena polymorpha

Name

Synonyms
Dreissena andrusovi Andrusov, 1897
Dreissena aralensis Andrusov, 1897
Dreissena arnouldi Bourguignat, 1893
Dreissena arnouldi Locard, 1893
Dreissena bedoti Locard, 1893
Dreissena belgrandi Locard, 1893
Dreissena complanata (Locard, 1893)
Dreissena curta Locard, 1893
Dreissena eximia (Locard, 1893)
Dreissena küsteri Dunker, 1855
Dreissena locardi Locard, 1893
Dreissena lutetiana Locard, 1893
Dreissena magnifica Locard, 1893
Dreissena obtusecarinata Andrusov, 1897
Dreissena occidentalis Locard, 1893
Dreissena pallasi Andrusov, 1897
Dreissena paradoxa Locard, 1893
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Dreissena polymorpha var. lacustrina Boettger, 1913
Dreissena recta Bourguignat, 1893
Homonyms
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Common names
Dreiecksmuschel in German
Dreiecksmuschel in language.
Dreikantmuschel in German
Dreikantmuschel in language.
Dreikantmuschel in German
Dreissena in Belarusian
Eurasian zebra mussel in language.
Schafklaumuschel in language.
Vandremusling in Danish
Wandermuschel in language.
Wandermuschel in German
Wandermuschel in German
Zebra Mussel in English
Zebra Mussel in English
Zebra Mussel in language.
Zebra mussel in English
Zebra-Muschel in language.
Zebramuschel in language.
dreisena in language.
gewone driehoeksmossel in Dutch
gewone driehoeksmossel in Dutch
many-shaped dreissena in English
many-shaped dreissena in English
moule zebra in language.
moule zébrée in French
racicznica zmienna in language.
svitraina gliemene in language.
tavaline ehk muutlik rändkarp in language.
vaeltajasimpukka in language.
vandrarmussla in Swedish
vandremusling in language.
vandremusling in language.
vandringsmussla in language.
wandering mussel in language.
zebra mussel in English
zebra mussel in English
zebra mussel in English
zebra mussel in language.
zebra mussel in language.
Driehoeksmossel in Dutch
Zebra Mussel in English
Zebra Mussel in English
sebramusling in Norwegian Bokmål
vandrarmussla in Swedish
vandrarmussla in Swedish
Dreiecksmuschel in German
Dreiecksmuschel in German
Dreikantmuschel in German
Dreikantmuschel in German
Gewone driehoeksmossel in Dutch

Bibliographic References

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  7. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG (2016) Global Invasive Species Database. http://www.issg.org/database (accessed 2016). http://www.issg.org/database
  8. InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
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  13. Karlsson, Anna (2015-03-23 00:00:00) Mollusker
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  20. Rosenberg, G.; Ludyanskiy, M. L. (1994). A nomenclatural review of Dreissena (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae), with identification of the Quagga Mussel as Dreissena bugensis. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 51 (7): 1474-1484.
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