Margaritiferidae

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Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera margaritifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Palaeoheterodonta
Order: Unionoida
Family: Margaritiferidae Haas, 1940
Genera

See text for genera and species.

Margaritiferidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionoida.[1][2] They are known as freshwater pearl mussels, because they are capable of producing pearls.

Genera within the family Margaritiferidae

  • Cumberlandia Ortmann, 1912
  • Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816
  • Pseudunio
  • Ptychorhynchus
  • Heudeana
  • Margaritanopsis
  • Shepmania
  • Ctenodesma

References

  1. Margaritiferidae.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2012.
  2. Huber, Markus (2010). Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. pp. 901 pp. + CD. ISBN 978-3-939767-28-2. 
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