Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Dreissenoidea

Dreissenidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Congeriinae Mandic & Harzhauser, 2016
Dreisseninae J. E. Gray, 1840

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カワホトトギス科

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1840). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, with figures of each of the kinds. By William Turton, M.D. A new edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged. ix pp. + 1 p. errata + 324 pp., pls 1-12. London (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans). [March-June 1840].
basis of record	Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dreissenidae J. E. Gray, 1840. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156884

Dr. Rafael Araujo. Dreissenidae J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/16b14a06-5281-417a-848b-0721a7cdbbb7