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

nominal species Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835

Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Rossmässler, 1835. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (2): 21, pl. 9, fig. 129.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Margaritifera margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1940

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linné) — Germain, 1931

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) — Preston, 1912

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaritana brunnea Bonhomme — Locard, 1889

+ Margaritana margaritifera Lin. — Drouët, 1881

= Unio (Margaritana) margaritifer var. minor Rossm., 1835 — Drouët, 1857

= Unio (Margaritana) margaritifer var. D minor Rossm. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

= Alasmodon margaritiferus var. minorBrown, 1844

= Unio margaritifer var. minor R. — Schlüter, 1838

= Unio margaritifer var. minor mihi — Rossmässler, 1835

 
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