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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera falcata

nominal species Alasmodon falcata Gould, 1850

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Alasmodon falcata Gould, 1850 = Margaritifera falcata

Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 294.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5929A, Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.

= Margaritifera falcata

Taxonomic Opinions

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Dai et al., 2025

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Chen et al., 2025

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — FMCS, 2025

= Margaritifera falcataChen et al., 2025

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Margaritifera falcataWu et al., 2023

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Wu et al., 2022

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Jeratthitikul et al., 2022

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould) — Hata et al., 2022

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Margaritifera falcataZieritz et al., 2021

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — FMCS, 2021

= Margaritifera falcataWu et al., 2021

= Margaritifera falcataStewart et al., 2021

= Margaritifera falcataWu et al., 2020

= Margaritifera falcataSano et al., 2020

= Margaritifera falcataPreece et al., 2020

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Wu et al., 2020

= Margaritifera falcataTeiga-Teixeira et al., 2020

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Lor et al., 2020

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Huang et al., 2019

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Wu et al., 2019

= Margaritifera falcataLopes-Lima et al., 2019

= Margaritifera falcataFroufe et al., 2019

= Margaritifera falcataGomes-dos-Santos et al., 2019

= Margaritifera falcataLyubas et al., 2019

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Vikhrev et al., 2019

= Margaritifera falcataGuerra et al., 2019

= Margaritifera falcataKano et al., 2019

= Margaritifera falcataVikhrev et al., 2018

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Pfeiffer et al., 2018

= Margaritifera falcataHuang et al., 2018

= Margaritifera falcataLopes-Lima et al., 2018

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Wu et al., 2018

= Margaritifera falcataChase et al., 2018

= Margaritifera falcataAunins et al., 2018

= Margaritifera falcataCha et al., 2018

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Bolotov et al., 2017

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Bolotov et al., 2017

= Margaritifera falcataGuerra et al., 2017

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Williams et al., 2017

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Amaro et al., 2017

= Margaritifera falcataLopes-Lima et al., 2017

= Margaritifera falcataWen et al., 2017

= Margaritifera falcataZhou et al., 2016

= Margaritifera (s.s.) falcataBolotov et al., 2016

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Araujo et al., 2016

= Margaritifera falcataMitchell et al., 2016

= Margaritifera falcataFonseca et al., 2016

= Margaritifera falcataFeng et al., 2016

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — IUCN, 2016

= Margaritifera falcataBolotov et al., 2015

= Margaritifera falcataTakeuchi et al., 2015

= Margaritifera falcataInoue et al., 2013

= Margaritifera falcataMock et al., 2013

= Margaritifera falcataHuang et al., 2013

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — ITIS, 2012

= Margaritifera falcataHaag, 2012

= Margaritifera falcataBreton et al., 2011

= Margaritifera falcata Gould, 1850 — Bogan, 2010

= Margaritifera falcataHoy et al., 2010

= Margaritifera falcataCummings & Graf, 2010

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Araujo et al., 2009

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Chong et al., 2009

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Margaritifera falcataWalker et al., 2006

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Gustafson & Iwamoto, 2005

= Margaritifera falcataHuff et al., 2004

= Margaritanopsis falcata (Gould, 1850) — D.G. Smith, 2001

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Margaritifera falcataRosenberg et al., 1997

= Margaritifera falcataLydeard et al., 1996

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Hoeh et al., 1995

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Ziuganov et al., 1994

= Margaritifera falcataRosenberg et al., 1994

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould) — Williams et al., 1993

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Margaritifera falcataKat, 1983

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould) — Davis & Fuller, 1981

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Burch, 1975

= Margaritifera falcata (Gould) — Heard & Guckert, 1970

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

= Margaritifera margaritifera falcata (Gould) — Henderson, 1935

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Frierson, 1927

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914

= Margaritana margaritifera falcata (Gould) — Ortmann, 1913

= Margaritana margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) — Hannibal, 1912

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) — Preston, 1912

+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900

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

= Unio falcatus (Gould, 1850) — Sowerby, 1868

+ Margaritana margaritifera Lea — Lea, 1856

= Margaritana falcata Gould — Conrad, 1853

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

= Alasmodon falcataGould, 1850

 
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