Scheldt species taxon details
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
181566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181566)
accepted
Species
recent + fossil
(of ) Pallas, P.S. (1771). Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Theil 1. Physicalische Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs im 1768- und 1769 sten Jahren. <em>St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 12+504+6 pp., 26 figs, maps., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN329913735
page(s): 478 [details]
page(s): 478 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771). Accessed through: VLIZ Consortium Scheldt Species Register at: https://www.scheldemonitor.be/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181566 on 2025-09-11
VLIZ Consortium. Scheldt Species Register. Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771). Accessed at: https://www.scheldemonitor.org/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181566 on 2025-09-11
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(of ) Pallas, P.S. (1771). Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Theil 1. Physicalische Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs im 1768- und 1769 sten Jahren. <em>St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 12+504+6 pp., 26 figs, maps., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN329913735
page(s): 478 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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. [details] Available for editors
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 51-52 [details]
additional source Biggs, H. E. J. (1971). Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau–III. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 27 (4): 211-220. London [29 April].
page(s): 220 [details]
additional source Martens, E. von. (1865). Über die einwanderung der <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i> in Deutschland. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1865: 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7914958 [details]
additional source Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1867). Remarks on the history of <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i>. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3.</em> 19(110): 82-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22193096#page/96/ [details]
additional source Hunter, R. D. & Bailey, J. F. (1992). <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i> (zebra mussel): colonization of soft substrata and some effects on unionid bivalves. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 106(2): 60-67, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271300 [details]
additional source Scheide, J. I. & Bonaminio, P. N. (1994). Effect of low water temperature on ion balance in the zebra mussel, <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i>, and the unionid mussel, <i>Lampsilis radiata</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 107(4): 113-117, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497008 [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 478 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.</em> 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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. [details] Available for editors
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 51-52 [details]
additional source Biggs, H. E. J. (1971). Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau–III. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 27 (4): 211-220. London [29 April].
page(s): 220 [details]
additional source Martens, E. von. (1865). Über die einwanderung der <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i> in Deutschland. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1865: 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7914958 [details]
additional source Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1867). Remarks on the history of <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i>. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3.</em> 19(110): 82-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22193096#page/96/ [details]
additional source Hunter, R. D. & Bailey, J. F. (1992). <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i> (zebra mussel): colonization of soft substrata and some effects on unionid bivalves. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 106(2): 60-67, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271300 [details]
additional source Scheide, J. I. & Bonaminio, P. N. (1994). Effect of low water temperature on ion balance in the zebra mussel, <i>Dreissena polymorpha</i>, and the unionid mussel, <i>Lampsilis radiata</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 107(4): 113-117, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497008 [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | gewone driehoeksmossel | [details] |
| English | zebra musselmany-shaped dreissena | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (140 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (410 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dreissena polymorpha)
To GenBank (102335 nucleotides; 265257 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Haarlem, Spaarne, collected 18th August 1891, ex coll. Rotterdamsche Diergaarde)
To Malacopics (Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Brielle, Rugge, collected 27th January 1970, ex coll. A.J. Dogterom)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (410 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dreissena polymorpha)
To GenBank (102335 nucleotides; 265257 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Haarlem, Spaarne, collected 18th August 1891, ex coll. Rotterdamsche Diergaarde)
To Malacopics (Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Brielle, Rugge, collected 27th January 1970, ex coll. A.J. Dogterom)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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