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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera margaritifera

nominal species Margaritana freytagi Kobelt, 1886

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Margaritana freytagi Kobelt, 1886 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Kobelt, 1886. Jb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk. 39: 98, pl. 8, figs. 1-4.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 45, pl. 55, figs. 291-294.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_4984, Nister b. Hachenburg.

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Araujo et al., 2009

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Ziuganov et al., 1994

+ Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969

+ Margaritifera margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1940

+ Simpson, 1914

= Margaritana freytagi Kob. — Westerlund, 1890

= Margaritana freytagi Kobelt, 1886 — Kobelt, 1886

 
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