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Dreissena elata Andrusov, 1897

505318  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505318)

uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Dreissena (Dreissena) elata (Andrusov, 1897) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dreissena lata Andrusov, 1897 † · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Dreissensia polymorpha var. lata Andrusov, 1897 † · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dreissensia polymorpha var. elata Andrusov, 1897) Andrusov, N. (1897). Ископаемые и живущие Dreissensidae Евразии [Iskopayemyye i zhivushchiye Dreissensidae Yevrazii / Fossile und lebende Dreissensidae Eurasiens]. Tipografiya M. Merkusheva, St. Petersburg, iv + 683 + [4] pp. + 20 pls.
page(s): 353, pl. 20, fig. 25 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note The Western Caspian Sea, Kuuli Cape, Dazmyk,...  
Type locality The Western Caspian Sea, Kuuli Cape, Dazmyk, Apsheron [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Dreissena elata Andrusov, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505318 on 2024-03-19
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2010-09-15 11:43:10Z
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original description  (of Dreissensia polymorpha var. elata Andrusov, 1897) Andrusov, N. (1897). Ископаемые и живущие Dreissensidae Евразии [Iskopayemyye i zhivushchiye Dreissensidae Yevrazii / Fossile und lebende Dreissensidae Eurasiens]. Tipografiya M. Merkusheva, St. Petersburg, iv + 683 + [4] pp. + 20 pls.
page(s): 353, pl. 20, fig. 25 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Dreissensia polymorpha var. lata Andrusov, 1897 †) Andrusov, N. (1897). Ископаемые и живущие Dreissensidae Евразии [Iskopayemyye i zhivushchiye Dreissensidae Yevrazii / Fossile und lebende Dreissensidae Eurasiens]. Tipografiya M. Merkusheva, St. Petersburg, iv + 683 + [4] pp. + 20 pls.
page(s): pl. 20, fig. 30 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type locality The Western Caspian Sea, Kuuli Cape, Dazmyk, Apsheron [details]

Validity The species has been listed as accepted in recent species catalogues, but there is considerable doubt about its validity given the morphological similarity to congeners (see Wesselingh et al. 2019). Until molecular data are available to ascertain its identity, we treat the present species as a nomen dubium. However, no living specimens of D. elata have been recorded since 1957 (Kostianov & Kosarev 2005). [details]