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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera

species Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera falcata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Araujo et al. (2009), Chong et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Hoy et al. (2010), ... Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Margaritifera (s.s.) falcata — Bolotov et al. (2016)

Range

Pacific drainages from California north to Alaska, western North America; also from the upper Missouri River in Montana.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

Mp_2741_105BearCreek. (COI: DQ272374, go to Genbank) Bear Creek, Lake Washington Drainage, Washington.

Mp_2741_107BearCreek. (COI: DQ272375, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_2741_188CedarCreek. (COI: DQ272378, go to Genbank) Cedar Creek, Lewis River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington.

Mp_2741_189CedarCreek. (COI: DQ272382, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_2741_197NasonCreek. (COI: DQ272383, go to Genbank) Nason Creek, Wenatchee River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington.

Mp_2741_157PilchuckCreek. (COI: DQ272376, go to Genbank) Pilchuck Creek, Stillaguamish River Drainage, Washington.

Mp_2741_158PilchuckCreek. (COI: DQ272377, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_2741_177YakimaRiver. (COI: DQ272381, go to Genbank) Upper Yakima River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington.

Mp_2741_182YakimaRiver. (COI: DQ272380, go to Genbank) ditto.

Mp_2741_183YakimaRiver. (COI: DQ272379, go to Genbank) ditto.