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

nominal species Mya margaritifera Da Costa, 1778

Mya margaritifera Da Costa, 1778 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Da Costa, 1778. British Conch.: 225, pl. 15, fig. 3.
(reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaritana elongata de Lamarck — Locard, 1899

+ Margaritana elongata de Lamarck — Locard, 1889

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

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

+ Margaritana elongata (Lamarck, 1819) — Swainson, 1840

= Unio margaritiferus “Gaertn.” — Menke, 1828

+ Unio elongataLamarck, 1819

+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus — Dillwyn, 1817

+ Mya margaritifera Donovan — Turton, 1807

+ Mya margaritiferaMaton & Rackett, 1807

 
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