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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!


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

species Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera falcataGraf & Cummings (2007), Araujo et al. (2009), Chong et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Hoy et al. (2010), ... Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025)
Margaritifera (s.s.) falcataBolotov et al. (2016)

Range

Pacific drainages from California north to Alaska, western North America; also from the upper Missouri River in Montana.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


USA

specimen
USNM_5929A

Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

Mp_2741_105BearCreek. (COI) Bear Creek, Lake Washington Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_107BearCreek. (COI) Bear Creek, Lake Washington Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_188CedarCreek. (COI) Cedar Creek, Lewis River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_189CedarCreek. (COI) Cedar Creek, Lewis River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_197NasonCreek. (COI) Nason Creek, Wenatchee River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_157PilchuckCreek. (COI) Pilchuck Creek, Stillaguamish River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_158PilchuckCreek. (COI) Pilchuck Creek, Stillaguamish River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_177YakimaRiver. (COI) Upper Yakima River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_182YakimaRiver. (COI) Upper Yakima River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_183YakimaRiver. (COI) Upper Yakima River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington