Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Dreissenoidea > Family Dreissenidae > Genus Dreissena

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dreissena*	Van Beneden, 1835	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mytilus polymorpha*	Pallas, 1771	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: vandremusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewone driehoeksmossel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Dreiecksmuschel; Wandermuschel sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Swedish: vandrarmussla

Literature

basis of record	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1197 nucleotides; 140 proteins)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Barcode of Life (76 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (383 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Huber, M. (2014). Dreissena polymorpha. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181566

Dr Rafael Araujo. Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=337878