Margaritifera
| Margaritifera | |
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| Margaritifera margaritifera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Margaritiferidae |
| Genus: | Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816 |
Margaritifera is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.
Species
Species within the genus Margaritifera include:
- Margaritifera auricularia or Pseudunio auricularia - Spengler's freshwater mussel
- Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)
- Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)
- Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Freshwater pearl mussel (includes Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis Phillips, 1928)
- Margaritifera marrianae R. I. Johnson, 1983