Dreissena rostriformis distincta
Appearance
Dreissena rostriformis distincta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Myida |
Family: | Dreissenidae |
Genus: | Dreissena |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | D. r. distincta
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Trinomial name | |
Dreissena rostriformis distincta (Andrusov, 1897)
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Dreissena rostriformis distincta is a (possible) subspecies of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Dreissenidae. It was originally described in 1897 as a variety of D. rostriformis by Andrusov (Andrusov, 1897: 273-276, pl. 14, figs. 18-24.)
The type locality was numerous localities in the Volga River, Caspian, Black and Marmara seas (both Recent and fossil).[1]
However, the exact taxonomy of the species within the genus Dreissensa is uncertain. As Kantor et al. commented, "...the Russian specialists on fresh-water molluscs appeared to be “splitters” comparing with their western colleagues. This sometimes leads to extreme differences in opinion on species number and taxonomy of some groups."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kantor, Y.I., M.V. Vinarski, A.A. Schileyko & A.V. Sysoev. 2010. Catalogue of the Continental Mollusks of Russia and Adjacent Territories: 330 pp. pdf Archived 2016-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2014-6-24
- ^ Kantor, Y.I., M.V. Vinarski, A.A. Schileyko & A.V. Sysoev. 2010. Catalogue of the Continental Mollusks of Russia and Adjacent Territories: 330 pp. pdf Archived 2016-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2014-6-24