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Margaritifera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Margaritifera

Higher classification
  
Margaritiferidae

Order
  
Unionoida

Family
  
Margaritiferidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Margaritifera Margaritifera margaritifera Freshwater pearl mussel

Lower classifications
  
Freshwater pearl mussel, Spengler's freshwater mussel, Louisiana pearlshell, Alabama pearl shell

Freshwater pearl mussel margaritifera margaritifera wmv


Margaritifera is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.

Contents

Short margaritifera glochidia


Species

Species within the genus Margaritifera include:

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  • Margaritifera auricularia or Pseudunio auricularia - Spengler's freshwater mussel
  • Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)
  • Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)
  • Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Freshwater pearl mussel (includes Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis Phillips, 1928)
  • Margaritifera marrianae R. I. Johnson, 1983

    • Margaritifera AnimalBase Margaritifera auricularia species homepage

    Margaritifera Image Margaritifera margaritifera Freshwater Pearly Mussel

    Margaritifera HomeNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ROTTERDAM Mollusca Bivalvia

    References

    Margaritifera Wikipedia
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