Margaritiferidae
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Margaritiferidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater bivalves. They are known as freshwater pearl mussels, because they are capable of producing pearls.
[edit] Genera
- Cumberlandia Ortmann, 1912
- Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816
- Pseudunio
- Cumberlandia
- Ptychorhynchus
- Heudeana
- Margaritanopsis
- Shepmania
- Ctenodesma
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