Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera

species Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850): synonymy

1 specimen + 10 Genbank vouchers

Synonymy

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Alasmodon falcata Gould, 1850

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

Margaritana margaritiferaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Margaritana margaritifera falcataHannibal (1912), Ortmann (1913)
Margaritifera margaritifera falcataHenderson (1935)
Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera margaritiferaHaas (1969)
Margaritifera falcataHeard & Guckert (1970), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981), Kat (1983), ... Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Margaritanopsis falcataD.G. Smith (2001)
Margaritifera (s.s.) falcataBolotov et al. (2016)

Alasmodon yubaensis Trask, 1854

Trask, 1854. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 29.

Margaritana margaritiferaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Margaritana margaritifera falcataHannibal (1912)
Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera margaritiferaHaas (1969)
Margaritifera falcataZiuganov et al. (1994), IUCN (2016)

Margaritifera falcate Cummings & Graf, 2010

Cummings & Graf, 2010. Ecol. Class. N. Amer. FW Inverts.: 375.
(error for Alasmodon falcata Gould, 1850)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Margaritana margaritiferaSimpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927)
Margaritana margaritifera falcataHannibal (1912), Ortmann (1913)
Margaritifera margaritifera falcataHenderson (1935)
Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera margaritiferaHaas (1969)
Margaritifera falcataHeard & Guckert (1970), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981), Kat (1983), ... Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Margaritanopsis falcataD.G. Smith (2001)
Margaritifera (s.s.) falcataBolotov et al. (2016)