Dreissena rostriformis distincta

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.)

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

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
  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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