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

Margaritifera
Temporal range: Middle Cretaceous to present 110–0 Ma
Margaritifera margaritifera
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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)

Species

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Species within the genus Margaritifera include:

The following fossil species are known from the mid-Cretaceous of Mongolia, being formerly classified in the genus Unio:[2]

References)

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  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
  2. ^ Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Do, Van Tu; Aldridge, David C.; Fonseca, Miguel M.; Gan, Han Ming; Gofarov, Mikhail Y.; Kondakov, Alexander V.; Prié, Vincent; Sousa, Ronaldo; Varandas, Simone; Vikhrev, Ilya V.; Teixeira, Amílcar; Wu, Rui-Wen; Wu, Xiaoping (2018-10-01). "Expansion and systematics redefinition of the most threatened freshwater mussel family, the Margaritiferidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 98–118. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.041. hdl:10198/18714. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29729933.
  • Starobogatov, Y. I. (1970). Fauna Molliuskov i Zoogeograficheskoe Raionirovanie Kontinental'nykh Vodoemov Zemnogo Shara [The Molluscan Fauna and Zoogeographical Zoning of the Continental Water Bodies of the World]. Nauka. Leningrad. 372 p., 12 tables.
  • Ma, Q.-H. (1996). Revision of Mesozoic Margaritiferidae in China and their development. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 35(4): 408-429.
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