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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea

family MARGARITIFERIDAE Henderson, 1929: syonymy

6 genera, 2 subfamilies

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MARGARITANIDAE Ortmann, 1910

Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 223.
Ortmann, 1919. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8(1): 2.
Type genus: Margaritana Schumacher, 1817 = Margaritifera

MARGARITIFERIDAE Henderson, 1929

Henderson, 1929. unknown publication: ??.
Henderson, 1935. GSA, Spec. Pap. 3: 68.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 119.
Type genus: Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816 = Margaritifera

CUMBERLANDIDAE Heard & Guckert, 1970

Heard & Guckert, 1970. Malacologia 10: 338.
(name corrected to Cumberlandiidae Heard & Guckert, 1970)
Type genus: Cumberlandia Ortmann, 1912 = Cumberlandia

CUMBERLANDIIDAE Heard & Guckert, 1970

Heard & Guckert, 1970. Malacologia 10: 338 [as ‘Cumberlandinae’].
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 8.
Davis & Fuller, 1981. Malacologia 20: 237, 250.
(correct name for Cumberlandidae Heard & Guckert, 1970)
Type genus: Cumberlandia Ortmann, 1912 = Cumberlandia

 
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