MolluscaBase - Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909

MolluscaBase name details

Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909

AphiaID

1356149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1356149)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (incorrect spelling of genus name)

Accepted Name

Dreissena bananaensis Preston, 1909 accepted as Mytilopsis ornata (Morelet, 1885)

Rank

Species

Parent

Dreissensia P. Fischer, 1886 accepted as Dreissena van Beneden, 1835

Original name

Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909

Environment

fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Preston, H. B. (1909). New land and freshwater shells from West Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 4 (20): 87-91, pl. 4. London. [1 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097460
page(s): 88, pl. 4, fig. 3. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo

type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1356149 on 2025-03-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-07-07 15:41:47Z

created

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Preston, H. B. (1909). New land and freshwater shells from West Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 4 (20): 87-91, pl. 4. London. [1 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097460
page(s): 88, pl. 4, fig. 3. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality