Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Eulamellibranchia > Superorder Palaeoheterodonta > Order Unionoida > Superfamily Unionoidea > Family Margaritiferidae > Genus Margaritifera

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MargaritiferaSchumacher, 1816accepted genus name
Margaritana Schumacher, 1817 generic synonym

Species group names

Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym
Margaritana durrovensis Bloomer, 1928 subjective synonym
Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bulgarian: Slаdkovodnа bisernа midа; Сладководна бисерна мида sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point
 Danish: Flodperlemusling
 English: Freshwater Pearl Mussel sources: Domina, Gianniantonio (University Palermo, Department Botanical Sciences (DPCE))
 French: Moule d'eau douce
 German: Flussperlmuschel sources: Germany PESI focal point
 Italian: Ostrica d'acqua dolce
 Lithuanian: Gėlavandenė perluotė
 Polish: Perłoródka; Perłoródka rzeczna; Skójka perłorodna sources: Poland PESI focal point
 Slovenian: bisernica sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Spanish, Castillian: Almeja perlífera de río; Madreperla de río; Ostra de agua dulce; Perla de agua dulce sources: spanish PESI focal point
 Swedish: flodpärlmussla
 Turkish: Tatlı su inci midyesi; Tatlısu inci midyesi sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Перлівниця річкова; річкова скойка

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External Links

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Citation

Dr Rafael Araujo. Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=337885

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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Last modified

2009-11-27 by Dr Rafael Araujo

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