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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 margaritifera

nominal species Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Ziuganov et al., 1994

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Habe, 1977

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Lin.) — Westerlund, 1890

+ Margaritana margaritifera Linné, 1758 — Locard, 1882

+ Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio (Margaritana) margaritifer (Linn., 1758) — Drouët, 1857

+ Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) — Lea, 1852

+ Margarita (Margaritana) margaritifera Lea — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Margaritana) margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Lea, 1836

= Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817 — Schumacher, 1817

= Margartifera [sic] fluviatilis — Schumacher, 1816