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

nominal species Alasmodon margaritiferus var. olivacea Brown, 1844

Alasmodon margaritiferus var. olivacea Brown, 1844 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 84, pl. 30*, fig. 1.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 115, pl. 23, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Margaritifera margaritifera

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+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900

= Alasmodon margaritiferus var. olivaceaBrown, 1844

 
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