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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera margaritifera

nominal species Margaritana borealis Westerlund, 1871

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

= Margaritifera margaritifera borealis (Westerlund, 1871) — Bogatov, 2022

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016

+ Margaritifera margaritifera — Bolotov et al., 2013

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Kantor et al., 2010

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1858) [sic] — Graf, 2007

= Margaritifera borealis Westerlund, 1871 — Kantor & Sysoev, 2005

= Margaritifera borealis Westerlund, 1871 — Starobogatov et al., 2004

= Margaritifera borealis Westerlund, 1871 — Bogatov et al., 2003

= Margaritana margaritifera forma borealis (West., 1871) — Westerlund, 1890