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

nominal species Unio brunneus Bonhomme, 1840

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017

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

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

= Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera brunnea (Bonhomme, 1840) — Falkner et al., 2002

= Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera brunnea (Bonhomme, 1840) — Falkner et al., 2001

+ Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969

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

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linné) — Germain, 1931

+ — Simpson, 1914

= Margaritana brunnea Bonhomme — Locard, 1893

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Lin.) — Westerlund, 1890

= Margaritana brunnea Bonhomme — Locard, 1889

+ Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio litoralis [sic] Cuvier — Reeve, 1865

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

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

+ Margaron (Unio) litoralis [sic] (Drap.) — Lea, 1852

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linn.) — Dupuy, 1852