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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Adapedonta | Solenoidea | Pharidae | Pharellinae

genus Novaculina Benson, 1830: species

2 available nominal genus synonyms (3 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Novaculina andamanensis Preston, 1918

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Andaman Islands, India. (East Asia)

Novaculina chinensis Liu & Zhang, 1979

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: From lower Yangtze, China. (East Asia)

Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Ganga Basin, in India and Bangladesh to Myanmar. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Novaculina myanmarensis Bolotov et al., 2018

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Salween and Irrawaddy rivers, Myanmar. (East Asia)

Decorative image of a representative of Novaculina siamensis

Novaculina siamensis Morlet, 1889

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Pa Sak River, Thailand. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient

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