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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera

species Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (11 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera laevis — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Kondo (2008), Araujo et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Wu et al. (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Bogatov (2022), Bogan et al. (2023), Chen et al. (2025)
Kurilinaia laevis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Kurilinaia kurilensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Kurilinaia zatravkini — Kantor et al. (2010)
Margaritifera (s.s.) laevis — Bolotov et al. (2016)
Dahurinaia laevis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dahurinaia kurilensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dahurinaia zatravkini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Margaritifera otatumei — Vikhrev et al. (2019)
Margaritifera owadaensis — Vikhrev et al. (2019)
Margaritifera kurilensis — Bogatov (2022)
Margaritifera middendorffi kamchatica — Bogatov (2022)

Range

Kuril and Sakhalin islands, Russia and south through Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Japan

Russia

BMNH_1912-8-16-127-128. Sachalin, Island, Japan

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Japan

Mp_4138_Ma14-1SUTO. (16S: LC223972, COI: LC518956, go to Genbank) Gujo, Gifu, Japan.

Mp_4138_Ma14-2SUTO. (16S: LC223973, 28S: LC519050, COI: LC518957, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_4138_Ma14-3SUTO. (16S: LC223974, COI: LC518958, go to Genbank) ditto.

IDEA_Shell001. (28S: LC648487, go to Genbank) Japan.

IDEA_Shell002. (28S: LC648488, go to Genbank) ditto.

MHS_MMt-tc01. (28S: MT020823, COI: MT020707, go to Genbank) Naka River, Tochigi, Japan (36.5875, 140.1013).

Mp_4138_Ma-u2. (16S: LC519029, 28S: LC519051, COI: LC518959, go to Genbank) Teshiogawa River, Hokkaido, Japan.

Russia

RMBH_biv_d0044_12. (18S: KJ943547, COI: KJ161506, go to Genbank) Golovnina River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’57” N, 145°30’25” E).

RMBH_biv_d0044_13. (COI: KJ161507, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0044_15. (COI: KJ161508, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0077_34. (COI: KJ161510, go to Genbank) Lyutoga River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (46°46’29” N, 142°26’21” E).

RMBH_biv_d0077_36. (COI: KJ161511, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0077_8. (18S: KJ957140, COI: KJ161509, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0034_27. (COI: KJ161501, go to Genbank) Rikorda River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’58” N, 145°31’33” E).

RMBH_biv_d0034_28. (COI: KJ161502, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0034_29. (COI: KJ161503, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0036_22. (16S: KJ943523, 18S: KJ943546, 28S: KT343742, COI: KJ161500, go to Genbank) Russia: Far East, Kurile Archipelago, Kunashir Island, Sennaya River (43.7489°N, 145.4658°E), Pacific Ocean drainage.

RMBH_biv_d0036_1. (COI: KJ161504, go to Genbank) Sennaya River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’56” N, 145°27’57” E).

RMBH_biv_d0036_23. (COI: KJ161505, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0022_17. (COI: KJ161497, go to Genbank) Serebryanka River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (44°03’18” N, 145°51’15” E).

RMBH_biv_d0022_19. (COI: KJ161498, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0022_21. (COI: KJ161499, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0082_57. (16S: KT343716, 18S: KJ943548, 28S: KT343743, COI: KJ161512, go to Genbank) Tym’ River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (50°54’45” N, 142°39’48” E).

RMBH_biv_d0082_60. (18S: KJ943549, COI: KJ161513, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_biv_d0082_83. (18S: KJ943550, COI: KJ161514, go to Genbank) ditto.