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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910): specimens
11 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Margaritifera laevis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf (2007), Kondo (2008), Araujo et al. (2009), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Bogatov (2022), Bogan et al. (2023)
Kurilinaia laevis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Kurilinaia kurilensis — Kantor et al. (2010)
Kurilinaia zatravkini — Kantor et al. (2010)
Margaritifera (s.s.) laevis — Bolotov et al. (2016)
Dahurinaia laevis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dahurinaia kurilensis — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Dahurinaia zatravkini — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Margaritifera otatumei — Vikhrev et al. (2019)
Margaritifera owadaensis — Vikhrev et al. (2019)
Margaritifera kurilensis — Bogatov (2022)
Margaritifera middendorffi kamchatica — Bogatov (2022)

Range: Kuril and Sakhalin islands, Russia and south through Japan.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Japan
MNHN_MP_4358 Kunashiri	MNHN_MP_4265 Kunashiri, marais de Furukamapu	MCZ_249362 Hokkaido, Japan
MCZ_44642 Kusiro, Yesso, Japan	SMF_11678 Aidzo [= Aizu-Wakamatsu], Japan	MNHN_MP_PARIS9 Japon
MCZ_53981 Japan	INHS_20101 Mid Kotakari, Hida [Province], Japan	MNHN_MP_4257 Japan
MNHN_MP_4261 Kunashiri
Russia
SMF_3626 Ins. Sachalin	SMF_3627 Insel Sachalin [Russland Ferner Osten: Sachalin]
BMNH_1912-8-16-127-128 Sachalin, Island, Japan

Genbank Vouchers

Japan

Mp_4138_Ma14-2SUTO (COI, 16S, 28S) Gujo, Gifu, Japan

Mp_4138_Ma-u2 (COI, 16S, 28S) Teshiogawa River, Hokkaido, Japan

Mp_4138_Ma14-3SUTO (COI, 16S) Gujo, Gifu, Japan

MHS_MMt-tc01 (COI, 28S) Naka River, Tochigi, Japan (36.5875, 140.1013)

Mp_4138_Ma14-1SUTO (COI, 16S) Gujo, Gifu, Japan

IDEA_Shell001 (28S) Japan

IDEA_Shell002 (28S) Japan

Russia

RMBH_biv_d0036_22 (COI, 16S, 28S, 18S) Russia: Far East, Kurile Archipelago, Kunashir Island, Sennaya River (43.7489°N, 145.4658°E), Pacific Ocean drainage

RMBH_biv_d0082_57 (COI, 16S, 28S, 18S) Tym’ River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (50°54’45” N, 142°39’48” E)

RMBH_biv_d0082_60 (COI, 18S) Tym’ River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (50°54’45” N, 142°39’48” E)

RMBH_biv_d0077_8 (COI, 18S) Lyutoga River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (46°46’29” N, 142°26’21” E)

RMBH_biv_d0044_12 (COI, 18S) Golovnina River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’57” N, 145°30’25” E)

RMBH_biv_d0082_83 (COI, 18S) Tym’ River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (50°54’45” N, 142°39’48” E)

RMBH_biv_d0077_34 (COI) Lyutoga River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (46°46’29” N, 142°26’21” E)

RMBH_biv_d0036_1 (COI) Sennaya River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’56” N, 145°27’57” E)

RMBH_biv_d0044_15 (COI) Golovnina River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’57” N, 145°30’25” E)

RMBH_biv_d0034_27 (COI) Rikorda River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’58” N, 145°31’33” E)

RMBH_biv_d0077_36 (COI) Lyutoga River, Sakhalin Island, Russia (46°46’29” N, 142°26’21” E)

RMBH_biv_d0034_29 (COI) Rikorda River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’58” N, 145°31’33” E)

RMBH_biv_d0022_19 (COI) Serebryanka River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (44°03’18” N, 145°51’15” E)

RMBH_biv_d0022_21 (COI) Serebryanka River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (44°03’18” N, 145°51’15” E)

RMBH_biv_d0044_13 (COI) Golovnina River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’57” N, 145°30’25” E)

RMBH_biv_d0034_28 (COI) Rikorda River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’58” N, 145°31’33” E)

RMBH_biv_d0036_23 (COI) Sennaya River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (43°44’56” N, 145°27’57” E)

RMBH_biv_d0022_17 (COI) Serebryanka River, Kunashir Island, Kurile Islands, Russia (44°03’18” N, 145°51’15” E)

MNCN_FW1502-1 (COI, 16S, 28S, 18S, H3)

MNCN_FW1502-2 (COI, 16S, 28S, 18S, H3)

MNCN_FW1502-3 (COI, 16S, 28S, 18S, H3)

20 - MMt-tc01 (mtGenome)

ML14081 (28S)

ML18001 (28S)

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