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Margaritiferidae

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

nominal species Margaritana margaritifera var. siluriana Bloomer, 1927

Margaritana margaritifera var. siluriana Bloomer, 1927 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Bloomer, 1927. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 17: 211.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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