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Margaritiferidae

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Publication Lyubas et al. (2019): summary

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Full Citation

Lyubas, A.A., T.F. Obada, M.Y. Gofarov, V.V. Kriauciunas, I.V. Vikhrev et al. 2019. A taxonomic revision of fossil freshwater pearl mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Margaritiferidae) from Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits of southeastern Europe. Ecologica Montenegrina 21: 1-16. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cumberlandia monodonta

Gibbosula crassa

Gibbosula laosensis

Gibbosula rochechouartii

Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera hembeli

Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marrianae

Margaritifera middendorffi

Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler, 1793)
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Pseudunio flabellatiformis (Grigorowitch-Beresowski, 1915)
+ Unio flabellatiformis var. levata Bogachev, 1961
+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) moldavica Chepalyga, 1964
+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) robusta Chepalyga, 1964
+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) robusta speensis Chepalyga, 1964
+ Margaritifera (Pseudunio) robusta tirassica Chepalyga, 1964

Pseudunio flabellatus (Goldfuss, 1837) = Pseudunio flabellata

Pseudunio homsensis (Lea, 1865)

Pseudunio marocanus (Pallary, 1918)