The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera margaritifera

nominal species Margaritana michaudi Locard, 1889

Michaud, 1831, Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 113, pl. 16, fig. 29 [as ‘Unio elongata’].
Locard, 1889, Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 123 [17], 180 [74].
Locard, 1893, Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 150.
Type(s): PARALECTOTYPE MNHN_22368, Vire [Calvados].

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016
+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Araujo et al., 2009
+ Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Ziuganov et al., 1994
+ Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969
+ Margaritifera margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1940
+ Margaritana margaritifera (Linné) — Germain, 1931
= Margaritana michaudi Locard — Dumas, 1895
= Margaritana michaudi Locard — Locard, 1893
+ Margaritana margaritifera (Lin.) — Westerlund, 1890
= Margaritana michaudi Locard — Locard, 1889

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