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

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Publication Araujo et al. (2016): summary
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Complete Citation

Araujo, R., S. Schneider, K.J. Roe, D. Erpenbeck & A. Machordom. 2016. The origin and phylogeny of Margaritiferidae (Bivalvia, Unionoida): a synthesis of molecular and fossil data. Zoologica Scripta 46(3): 289-307. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Dianoconcha alata Guo, 1988 = Shifangella alata

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Margaritifera flabellata (Goldfuss, 1837) = Pseudunio flabellata

Margaritifera guangyuanensis Ma, 1984 = Shifangella guangyuanensis

Margaritifera hantkeni Modell, 1950

Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)

Margaritifera homsensis (Lea, 1864) = Pseudunio homsensis

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)

Margaritifera laosensis (Lea, 1863) = Gibbosula laosensis

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera margartiferiformis (Liu & Luo in Liu, 1981) = Shifangella margartiferiformis

Margaritifera marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus

Margaritifera marrianae R.I. Johnson, 1983

Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)
+ Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005
+ Margaritifera laevis Huff et al., 2004

Margaritifera monodonta (Say, 1829) = Cumberlandia monodonta

Margaritifera plana (Ma, 1996)

Margaritifera tanggulaensis (Wen in Zhang, Lu & Wen, 1979)

Margaritifera valdensis (Mantell, 1844)

Mengyinaia mengyinensis (Grabau, 1923)

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Potomida littoralis