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Margaritiferidae

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Central America

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

nominal species Margaritana margaritifera var. compressa Westerlund, 1873

Margaritana margaritifera var. compressa Westerlund, 1873 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Westerlund, 1873. Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 578.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

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

= Margaritana margaritifera forma compressa West., 1873 — Westerlund, 1890

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