Dreissena rostriformis distincta
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| Dreissena rostriformis distincta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Family: | Dreissenidae |
| Genus: | Dreissena |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | D. r. distincta |
| Trinomial name | |
| Dreissena rostriformis distincta (Andrusov, 1897) | |
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 Dreissena 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]
