Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera

species Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910): specimens

5 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera laevis — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Kondo (2008), Araujo et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Kakino et al. (2023), Gomes-dos-Santos et al. (2023), Chen et al. (2025), Moorkens et al. (2026), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
“Margaritifera laevis” ** — Araujo et al. (2009), Takeuchi et al. (2015)
Kurilinaia kurilensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Kurilinaia laevis — 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 kurilensis — Bogatov (2022), Sakai et al. (2022), Kakino et al. (2023)
Margaritifera middendorffi kamchatica — Bogatov (2022)

Range

Kuril and Sakhalin islands, Russia and south through Japan. (East Asia: AS3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

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GenBank Vouchers

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.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

MNCN_FW1502-1. (16S: EU590914, 18S: KU763252, 28S: KU763295, COI: KU763221, H3: KU763339, go to GenBank)

MNCN_FW1502-2. (16S: KU763192, 18S: KU763253, 28S: KU763296, COI: KU763222, H3: KU763340, go to GenBank)

MNCN_FW1502-3. (16S: EU590915, 18S: KU763254, 28S: KU763297, COI: KU763223, H3: KU763341, go to GenBank)

Mp_4463_BIV2689. (SRA: SRX18065922, go to GenBank)

Mp_4463_BIV2690. (mtGenome: OP749926, go to GenBank)

Mp_4466_Un210006. (COI: LC704488, go to GenBank)

Mp_4466_Un210007. (COI: LC704489, go to GenBank)

Mp_4839_ML14081. (28S: LC633944, go to GenBank)

Mp_4839_ML18001. (28S: LC633945, go to GenBank)