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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera

species Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (11 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera laevis — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Kondo (2008), Araujo et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Bogatov (2022), Bogan et al. (2023)
Kurilinaia laevis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Kurilinaia kurilensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Kurilinaia zatravkini — Kantor et al. (2010)
Margaritifera (s.s.) laevis — Bolotov et al. (2016)
Dahurinaia laevis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dahurinaia kurilensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dahurinaia zatravkini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Margaritifera otatumei — Vikhrev et al. (2019)
Margaritifera owadaensis — Vikhrev et al. (2019)
Margaritifera kurilensis — Bogatov (2022)
Margaritifera middendorffi kamchatica — Bogatov (2022)

Range

Kuril and Sakhalin islands, Russia and south through Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Japan

Russia

BMNH_1912-8-16-127-128. Sachalin, Island, Japan

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Japan

Mp_4138_Ma14-1SUTO. (16S, COI) Gujo, Gifu, Japan

Mp_4138_Ma14-2SUTO. (16S, 28S, COI) Gujo, Gifu, Japan

Mp_4138_Ma14-3SUTO. (16S, COI) Gujo, Gifu, Japan

IDEA_Shell001. (28S) Japan

IDEA_Shell002. (28S) Japan

MHS_MMt-tc01. (28S, COI) Naka River, Tochigi, Japan (36.5875, 140.1013)

Mp_4138_Ma-u2. (16S, 28S, COI) Teshiogawa River, Hokkaido, Japan

Russia

RMBH_biv_d0044_12. (18S, COI) Golovnina River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’57” N, 145°30’25” E)

RMBH_biv_d0044_13. (COI) Golovnina River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’57” N, 145°30’25” E)

RMBH_biv_d0044_15. (COI) Golovnina River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’57” N, 145°30’25” E)

RMBH_biv_d0077_34. (COI) Lyutoga River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (46°46’29” N, 142°26’21” E)

RMBH_biv_d0077_36. (COI) Lyutoga River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (46°46’29” N, 142°26’21” E)

RMBH_biv_d0077_8. (18S, COI) Lyutoga River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (46°46’29” N, 142°26’21” E)

RMBH_biv_d0034_27. (COI) Rikorda River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’58” N, 145°31’33” E)

RMBH_biv_d0034_28. (COI) Rikorda River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’58” N, 145°31’33” E)

RMBH_biv_d0034_29. (COI) Rikorda River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’58” N, 145°31’33” E)

RMBH_biv_d0036_22. (16S, 18S, 28S, COI) Russia: Far East, Kurile Archipelago, Kunashir Island, Sennaya River (43.7489°N, 145.4658°E), Pacific Ocean drainage

RMBH_biv_d0036_1. (COI) Sennaya River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’56” N, 145°27’57” E)

RMBH_biv_d0036_23. (COI) Sennaya River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’56” N, 145°27’57” E)

RMBH_biv_d0022_17. (COI) Serebryanka River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (44°03’18” N, 145°51’15” E)

RMBH_biv_d0022_19. (COI) Serebryanka River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (44°03’18” N, 145°51’15” E)

RMBH_biv_d0022_21. (COI) Serebryanka River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (44°03’18” N, 145°51’15” E)

RMBH_biv_d0082_57. (16S, 18S, 28S, COI) Tym’ River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (50°54’45” N, 142°39’48” E)

RMBH_biv_d0082_60. (18S, COI) Tym’ River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (50°54’45” N, 142°39’48” E)

RMBH_biv_d0082_83. (18S, COI) Tym’ River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (50°54’45” N, 142°39’48” E)