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Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Publication Araujo et al. (2016): summary
Full Citation
Araujo, R., S. Schneider, K.J. Roe, D. Erpenbeck & A. Machordom. 2016. The origin and phylogeny of Margaritiferidae (Bivalvia, Unionoida): a synthesis of molecular and fossil data. Zoologica Scripta 46(3): 289-307. Available electronically.
Taxonomic Opinions
Dianoconcha alata Guo, 1988 = Shifangella alata
Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius
Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)
Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)
Margaritifera flabellata (Goldfuss, 1837) = Pseudunio flabellata
There are 25 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Margaritifera hantkeni Modell, 1950
Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)
Margaritifera homsensis (Lea, 1864) = Pseudunio homsensis
Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)
Margaritifera laosensis (Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Margaritifera margartiferiformis (Liu & Luo in Liu, 1981) = Shifangella margartiferiformis
Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus
Margaritifera marrianae R.I. Johnson, 1983
Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)
+ Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005
+ Margaritifera laevis ‘Haas’ of Authors
Margaritifera monodonta (Say, 1829) = Cumberlandia monodonta
Margaritifera plana (Ma, 1996)
Margaritifera tanggulaensis (Wen in Zhang, Lu & Wen, 1979)
Margaritifera valdensis (Mantell, 1844)
Mengyinaia mengyinensis (Grabau, 1923)
