Margaritifera

Margaritifera; Temporal range: Middle Cretaceous to present 110–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Margaritifera margaritifera
Scientific 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]

Species

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]

^ 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
^ 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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