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Margaritifera margaritifera  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 80371

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817
  
    Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
  
    Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823
  
    Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
  
    Unio brunneus Bonhomme, 1840
  
    Unio tristis Morelet, 1845
  
    Margaritifera borealis Westerlund, 1871
  
    Margaritana freytagi Kobelt, 1886
  
    Margaritana michaudi Locard, 1889
  
    Margaritana pyrenaica Locard, 1889
  
    Margaritana alleni Castro in Locard, 1899
  
    Margaritana durrovensis Phillips, 1928
  
    Unio margaritifer minor Rossmässler, 1835
  
    Margaritana margaritifera parvula Haas, 1908
  
    Margaritana margaritifera siluriana Bloomer, 1927
  
    Margaritana compressa Westerlund, 1873
  
  Common Name(s): eastern pearlshell [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                               FamilyMargaritiferidae Henderson, 1929  
                                  SubfamilyMargaritiferinae Henderson, 1929  
                                     GenusMargaritifera Schumacher, 1816  
                                        SpeciesMargaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) – eastern pearlshell  
       

 References
       
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  Source: FMCS checklist of freshwater mussels (2021), PDF (version 09Aug2021)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS). Updated 09/08/2021. The 2021 checklist of freshwater bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada. Considered and approved by the Bivalve Names Subcommittee December 2020   
  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera, eastern pearlshell [English]   
       
  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera   
       
  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site (2023), website (version 15Nov2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Graf, D. L. & K. S. Cummings. 2023. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), accessed 15 Nov 2023. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Araujo, Rafael, Joaquim Reis, Annie Machordom, Carlos Toledo, Maria Jose Madeira, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Las náyades de la península Ibérica   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Iberus, vol. 27., no. 2   
  Page(s): 7-72   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0212-3010   
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  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L.  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Palearctic freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) diversity and the Comparatory Method as a species concept   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 156, no. 1   
  Page(s): 71-88   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0097-3157   
  Notes: doi: 10.1635/0097-3157(2007)156[71:PFMMBU]2.0.CO;2   
  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4   
  Page(s): 291-314   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0260-1230   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029   
  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: A 'big data' approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 87, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-36   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1464-3766   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyaa034   
  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16   
  Page(s): vii + 277   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-47-4, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Margaritifera margaritifera   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Widespread in eastern North America and western Eurasia; reported from Iceland  
 

 

    

 
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