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Freshwater Pearl Mussel

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Margaritana michaudi Locard 1889
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records France
Margaritana pyrenaica Bourguignat 1889
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records France
Margaritifera durrovensis Phillips 1928
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis
Subspecies recognized by NCBI
Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis Phillips 1928
Subspecies recognized by GBIF national node type records Germany
Margaritifera margaritifera
Species recognized by Austria Species List, Canada Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Norway Species List, Portugal Species List, Russia Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, United Kingdom Species List, wikipedia EU, Mexico Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Irish Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Norwegian Sea Species List, North Sea Species List, Skagerrak Species List, White Sea Species List, wikipedia ET, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, and United States Species List
Margaritifera margaritifera
Recognized by Arkive, FAO Fishery Statistics, and Animal Diversity Web
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and GBIF national node type records Germany
Unio tristis Morelet 1845
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Margaritana margaritifera
Recognized by iDigBio type specimen records
Margaritifera durrovensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz and wikipedia EN
Margaritifera fluviatilis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Margaritifera margaritifera
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Margaritifera margaritifera Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by IUCN
Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Margaritifera margaritifera subsp. durrovensis Phillips 1928
Recognized by IUCN
Mya margaritifera
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Unio elongatus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Unio margaritifera
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Margaritifera (Margaritifera) margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes 1823
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Margarita (Margaritana) margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Margaritifera durrovensis Phillips 1928
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Margaritifera fluviatilis Schumacher 1815
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis Phillips 1928
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Mya margaritifera
Synonym according to NCBI
Mya margaritifera Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Unio elongatus Lamarck 1819
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Common Names

English

Freshwater pearl mussel preferred
Recognized by Arkive

Curated hierarchies for Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Unionida
Unionoidea
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff 1850)
Margaritifera falcata (Gould 1850)
Margaritifera flabellata (Goldfuss 1837)
Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad 1838)
Margaritifera laevis (F. Haas 1910)
Margaritifera marrianae R. I. Johnson 1983
Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén 1926)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Unionida
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera Schumacher 1816
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Margaritifera margaritifera parvula Haas 1908
Margaritifera cetra Reeve
Margaritifera cumingi Reeve
Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff 1850)
Margaritifera falcata (Gould 1850)
Margaritifera flabellata (Goldfuss 1837)
Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad 1838)
Margaritifera laevis (F. Haas 1910)
Margaritifera lentiginosa Reeve
Margaritifera marrianae R. I. Johnson 1983
Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén 1926)
Margaritifera sugillata Reeve

IUCN

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Unionoida
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera margaritifera Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Cumberlandia monodonta (Say 1829)
Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff 1850)
Margaritifera hembeli Conrad 1838
Margaritifera homsensis (Lea 1864)
Margaritifera laevis Haas 1910
Margaritifera laosensis Lea 1863
Margaritifera margaritifera subsp. durrovensis Phillips 1928
Margaritifera marocana (Pallary 1918)
Margaritifera marrianae Johnson 1983
Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén 1926)
Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler 1793)

IUCN

Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Unionoida
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera margaritifera subsp. durrovensis Phillips 1928 (this page)
Cumberlandia monodonta (Say 1829)
Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff 1850)
Margaritifera hembeli Conrad 1838
Margaritifera homsensis (Lea 1864)
Margaritifera laevis Haas 1910
Margaritifera laosensis Lea 1863
Margaritifera margaritifera Linnaeus 1758
Margaritifera marocana (Pallary 1918)
Margaritifera marrianae Johnson 1983
Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén 1926)
Pseudunio auricularius (Spengler 1793)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Palaeoheterodonta
Unionida
Unionoidea
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera
Margaritifera margaritifera
Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis (this page)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Palaeoheterodonta
Unionida
Unionoidea
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera
Margaritifera margaritifera (this page)
Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis
Margaritifera auricularia
Margaritifera dahurica
Margaritifera falcata
Margaritifera hembeli
Margaritifera homsensis
Margaritifera laevis
Margaritifera laosensis
Margaritifera marrianae
Margaritifera middendorffi
Margaritifera rochechouartii
Margaritifera togakushiensis

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Autolamellibranchiata
Palaeoheterodonta
Unionoida
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera
Margaritifera fluviatilis (this page)
Margaritifera auricularia
Margaritifera dahurica
Margaritifera decumbens
Margaritifera durrovensis
Margaritifera falcata
Margaritifera hembeli
Margaritifera laevis
Margaritifera laosensis
Margaritifera margaritifera
Margaritifera marocana
Margaritifera marrianae
Margaritifera middendorffi
Margaritifera rochechouartii
Margaritifera togakushiensis
Margaritifera valdensis

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Autolamellibranchiata
Palaeoheterodonta
Unionoida
Unionoidea
Unionidae
Unio
Unio elongatus (this page)
Unio abacoides
Unio abacus
Unio abbevillensis
Unio aberrans
Unio aberti
Unio abruptus
Unio acuens
Unio acutirostris
Unio aequatus
Unio aesopus
Unio aferula
Unio alabamensis
Unio alienigenus
Unio altus
Unio amazonensis
Unio ambifarius
Unio amplus
Unio anaticulus
Unio andersonensis
Unio anodontoides
Unio anthonyi
Unio apiculatus
Unio appressus
Unio apprimus
Unio approximus
Unio arctior
Unio arcus
Unio argenteus
Unio arkansasensis
Unio arquatus
Unio askewi
Unio asper
Unio asperrimus
Unio athesinus
Unio atrata
Unio atrocostatus
Unio atromarginatus
Unio aucklandicus
Unio aureus
Unio averyi
Unio bairdianus
Unio baldwinensis
Unio barrattii
Unio barrotti
Unio basalis
Unio beadleianus
Unio bealei
Unio beaverensis
Unio bellulus
Unio benacinus
Unio bengalensis
Unio berlandierii
Unio besckeanus
Unio biangularis
Unio biemarginatus
Unio bigbyensis
Unio blandianus
Unio blandingianus
Unio boehmi
Unio bollii
Unio borealis
Unio bourguignati
Unio bournianus
Unio boydianus
Unio boykinianus
Unio brachyrhynchus
Unio bracteatus
Unio brazosensis
Unio breviculus
Unio brevis
Unio brianteus
Unio broti
Unio brownianus
Unio bruguierianus
Unio brumbyanus
Unio buddianus
Unio bulbosus
Unio bulloides
Unio bursapastoris
Unio buxeus
Unio cacao
Unio caelatus
Unio cahabensis
Unio calceolus
Unio camelus
Unio camptodon
Unio canadensis
Unio capax
Unio caperatus
Unio capillaris
Unio carbonarius
Unio cardiacea
Unio carinatus
Unio carinifera
Unio caroliniana
Unio castaneus
Unio castus
Unio catillus
Unio ceratinus
Unio cerinus
737 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Autolamellibranchiata
Palaeoheterodonta
Unionoida
Unionoidea
Unionidae
Unio
Unio margaritifera (this page)
Unio abacoides
Unio abacus
Unio abbevillensis
Unio aberrans
Unio aberti
Unio abruptus
Unio acuens
Unio acutirostris
Unio aequatus
Unio aesopus
Unio aferula
Unio alabamensis
Unio alienigenus
Unio altus
Unio amazonensis
Unio ambifarius
Unio amplus
Unio anaticulus
Unio andersonensis
Unio anodontoides
Unio anthonyi
Unio apiculatus
Unio appressus
Unio apprimus
Unio approximus
Unio arctior
Unio arcus
Unio argenteus
Unio arkansasensis
Unio arquatus
Unio askewi
Unio asper
Unio asperrimus
Unio athesinus
Unio atrata
Unio atrocostatus
Unio atromarginatus
Unio aucklandicus
Unio aureus
Unio averyi
Unio bairdianus
Unio baldwinensis
Unio barrattii
Unio barrotti
Unio basalis
Unio beadleianus
Unio bealei
Unio beaverensis
Unio bellulus
Unio benacinus
Unio bengalensis
Unio berlandierii
Unio besckeanus
Unio biangularis
Unio biemarginatus
Unio bigbyensis
Unio blandianus
Unio blandingianus
Unio boehmi
Unio bollii
Unio borealis
Unio bourguignati
Unio bournianus
Unio boydianus
Unio boykinianus
Unio brachyrhynchus
Unio bracteatus
Unio brazosensis
Unio breviculus
Unio brevis
Unio brianteus
Unio broti
Unio brownianus
Unio bruguierianus
Unio brumbyanus
Unio buddianus
Unio bulbosus
Unio bulloides
Unio bursapastoris
Unio buxeus
Unio cacao
Unio caelatus
Unio cahabensis
Unio calceolus
Unio camelus
Unio camptodon
Unio canadensis
Unio capax
Unio caperatus
Unio capillaris
Unio carbonarius
Unio cardiacea
Unio carinatus
Unio carinifera
Unio caroliniana
Unio castaneus
Unio castus
Unio catillus
Unio ceratinus
Unio cerinus
737 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Euheterodonta
Imparidentia
Myida
Myidae
Mya
Mya margaritifera (this page)
Mya acuta
Mya alba
Mya anatina
Mya angulata
Mya anserifera
Mya arenaria
Mya atlantica
Mya baxteri
Mya binghami
Mya byssifera
Mya communis
Mya complanata
Mya convexa
Mya corpulenta
Mya crispata
Mya declivis
Mya decussata
Mya distorta
Mya donacina
Mya edentula
Mya eideri
Mya elegans
Mya elongata
Mya erodona
Mya gaditana
Mya gigas
Mya glycimeris
Mya gravis
Mya guinensis
Mya hemphilli
Mya hispanica
Mya hyalina
Mya inaequivalvis
Mya inopia
Mya japonica
Mya labiata
Mya lata
Mya membranacea
Mya mindorensis
Mya neoovata
Mya neouddevallensis
Mya nicobarica
Mya norvegica
Mya oblonga
Mya oblongatus
Mya oonogai
Mya orbiculata
Mya papyracea
Mya particolor
Mya pellucida
Mya pholadia
Mya picea
Mya pictorum
Mya praecisa
Mya praetenuis
Mya pseudoarenaria
Mya pubescens
Mya pullus
Mya rigidus
Mya rostrata
Mya rotunda
Mya rugulosus
Mya semistriata
Mya siliqua
Mya simplex
Mya striata
Mya subovata
Mya subtruncata
Mya syrmatophora
Mya tenuis
Mya truncata
Mya tugon
Mya uzenensis

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Autolamellibranchiata
Palaeoheterodonta
Unionoida
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera
Margaritifera durrovensis (this page)
Margaritifera auricularia
Margaritifera dahurica
Margaritifera decumbens
Margaritifera falcata
Margaritifera fluviatilis
Margaritifera hembeli
Margaritifera laevis
Margaritifera laosensis
Margaritifera margaritifera
Margaritifera marocana
Margaritifera marrianae
Margaritifera middendorffi
Margaritifera rochechouartii
Margaritifera togakushiensis
Margaritifera valdensis

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Autolamellibranchiata
Palaeoheterodonta
Unionoida
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera
Margaritifera margaritifera
Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Autolamellibranchiata
Palaeoheterodonta
Unionoida
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera
Margaritifera margaritifera (this page)
Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis
Margaritifera auricularia
Margaritifera dahurica
Margaritifera decumbens
Margaritifera durrovensis
Margaritifera falcata
Margaritifera fluviatilis
Margaritifera hembeli
Margaritifera laevis
Margaritifera laosensis
Margaritifera marocana
Margaritifera marrianae
Margaritifera middendorffi
Margaritifera rochechouartii
Margaritifera togakushiensis
Margaritifera valdensis
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