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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Schumacher (1823): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Schumacher. 1823. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Margatifera Schumacher, 1823

Schumacher, 1823. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven: 6.
(error for Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816)
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Margaritifera margaritifera

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