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 Mya margaritifera Da Costa, 1778

Da Costa, 1778, British Conch.: 225, pl. 15, fig. 3.
(reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

= Margaritifera margaritifera

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaritana elongata de Lamarck — Locard, 1899
+ Margaritana elongata de Lamarck — Locard, 1889
+ Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) — Lea, 1870
+ Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) — Lea, 1852
+ Margaritana elongata (Lamarck, 1819) — Swainson, 1840
= Unio margaritiferus “Gaertn.” — Menke, 1828
+ Unio elongata — Lamarck, 1819
+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus — Dillwyn, 1817
+ Mya margaritifera Donovan — Turton, 1807

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