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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae

genus Shifangella Liu & Luo in Liu, 1981: synonymy
     0 Recent valid species (3 total species)

Shifangella Liu, 1981
Liu, 1981. Bull. Chengdu. Inst. Geol. Min. Res. 2(1): 121.
Type species: Shifangella margaritiferiformis Liu, 1981 (orig. desig.) = Shifangella margartiferiformis

Palaeomargaritifera Ma, 1984
Ma, 1984. unknown publication: 606.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816)
Type species: Margaritifera (Palaeomargaritifera) guangyuanensis Ma, 1984 (orig. desig.) = Shifangella guangyuanensis

Dianoconcha Guo, 1988
Guo, 1988. Yunnan Geol. 7: 121.
Type species: Dianoconcha alata Guo, 1988 (orig. desig.) = Shifangella alata

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

ShifangellaFang et al. (2009), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022)
Margaritifera (Palaeomargaritifera)Fang et al. (2009)
DianoconchaFang et al. (2009), Araujo et al. (2016)
MargaritiferaAraujo et al. (2016)

 
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