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Data last updated
Thu 18 Dec 2025

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

nominal species Margaritana tenerus Ziuganov et al., 1994

Margaritana tenerus Ziuganov et al., 1994 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Ziuganov et al., 1994. Freshw. Pearl Muss. & Fish: 59.
(intro'd as syn of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

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

 
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