Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 8subgenus Cumberlandia Ortmann, 1912
subgenus Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816
Unplaced taxa
species Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793)
- Giant European Freshwater Pearl Mussel
species Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)
species Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)
- Western Pearlshell
species Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)
- Louisiana Pearlshell
species Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)
species Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)
Links and literature
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1088076]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Margaritifera Schumacher, 1815]
Data retrieved on: 8 December 2019
Graf D.L., Cummings K.S. (2007): Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73: 291–314 [as Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816]Data retrieved on: 15 April 2021