MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Margaritifera margaritifera specimens

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Geography
	Summary North America Central America South America Afrotropics North Eurasia East Asia Australasia

Page last updated
Wed 03 Aug 2022

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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 margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758): specimens
31 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Margaritifera margaritifera — Zhou et al. (2007), Taylor et al. (2007), Kneeland & Rhymer (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), ..., Zieritz et al. (2021), Gomes-dos-Santos et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Wu et al. (2022)
Margaritifera (s.s.) margaritifera — Bolotov et al. (2016)
Margaritana pirenaica — Vinarski & Kantor (2016)

Range: Widespread in eastern North America and western Eurasia; reported from Iceland.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Austria
INHS_20100 Austria
Finland
INHS_20094 Lappland
France
MNHN_22478 Carcenac (Aveyron)	MNHN_22479 l’Ance, près de Viverolles (Puy-de-Dôme)	MNHN_22368 Vire [Calvados]
MNHN_22371 La Bèbre (Allier) MNHN_22370 Lognes-Marche (Manche) MNHN_22369 l’Ance, près de Viverolles (Puy-de-Dôme)
Germany
SMF_4982 Ulfenbach bei Affolterbach	SMF_4984 Nister b. Hachenburg
INHS_198 Bayer Wald, Bavaria, Germany
Ireland
BMNH_1928-10-23-1-2 River Nore, Durrow, Queen’s Co., Ireland
BMNH_20001318 River Nore, Durrow, Queen’s Co., Ireland
Portugal
BMNH_93-2-4-1961 la Tamega, pres a Amarante, Portugal
Russia
INHS_21611 Varzuga River, about 50 km upstream of Varzuga on the Kola Peninsula, Mermansk, Russia
Sweden
INHS_18315 Gärån (a stream), 2.2 km N Sätila, Marks Kommun, Sweden INHS_17866 Iglabäcken Creek, 1.7 mi N Hajom, 3 km downstream Lake Bårredsjön, SE of Göteborg, in Western Sweden, Marks Kommun, Sweden INHS_21307 Lindåsbäcken, 1.8 km SSW Målsryd, downstream Hwy. 27 bridge, Borås Kommun, Västergötland, Sweden INHS_21309 Sävbäcken, 7.8 km NE Kinnarumma , Borås Kommun, Västergötland, Sweden INHS_21308 side channel of Sävbäcken, 0.98 km SSW Hulu, 4.9 km NE Kinnarumma , Borås Kommun, Västergötland, Sweden

Page updated: 09:46:21 Wed 03 Aug 2022

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