Margaritifera

Margaritifera
Temporal range: Middle Cretaceous to present 110–0 Ma
Margaritifera margaritifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Superfamily: Unionoidea
Family: Margaritiferidae
Genus: Margaritifera
Schumacher, 1816
Type species
Margaritifera fluviatilis
Schumacher, 1815
Synonyms
  • Dahurinaia Starobogatov, 1970
  • † Hungaramblema Starobogatov, 1970 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Margarita (Margaritana)
  • Margaritana Schumacher, 1817 (objective synonym)
  • Margaritana (Margaritiferana) Fagot, 1893
  • Margaritifera (Margaritanopsis) F. Haas, 1910
  • Margaritifera (Margaritifera) Schumacher, 1815
  • Margartifera Schumacher, 1815 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Margatifera (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • † Plicatibaphia Starobogatov, 1970
  • † Pseudomargaritifera Q.-H. Ma, 1996 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Schalienaia Starobogatov, 1970
  • † Solenoides Q.-H. Ma, 1996 (junior subjective synonym)

Margaritifera is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.[1]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Margaritifera Schumacher, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571966 on 2021-06-22