North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

AphiaID

181566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181566)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Dreissena van Beneden, 1835

Original name

Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(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. St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. 12+504+6 pp., 26 figs, maps., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN329913735
page(s): 478 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181566 on 2026-06-23

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=181566 on 2026-06-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-09-26 12:09:47Z

created

Claus, Simon

2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2011-10-23 16:41:52Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2018-10-13 07:12:16Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2021-12-17 12:33:08Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (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. St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. 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. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 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”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. 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. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 51 (7): 1474-1484., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f94-147 [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. Journal of Conchology. 27 (4): 211-220. London [29 April].
page(s): 220 [details]

additional source Martens, E. von. (1865). Über die einwanderung der Dreissena polymorpha in Deutschland. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 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 Dreissena polymorpha. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3. 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). Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel): colonization of soft substrata and some effects on unionid bivalves. The Nautilus. 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, Dreissena polymorpha, and the unionid mussel, Lampsilis radiata. The Nautilus. 107(4): 113-117, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497008 [details]

additional source Wilson, S. J. & Dietz, T. H. (1998). Salinity tolerance of the freshwater bivalve Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae). The Nautilus. 111(4): 143-148, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273883 [details]

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [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