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Wed 04 Dec 2024

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Margaritiferidae | Margaritiferinae | Margaritifera

species Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850): specimens
     3 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Margaritifera falcataGraf & Cummings (2007), Chong et al. (2009), Araujo et al. (2009), Cummings & Graf (2010), ..., Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Hopper et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023)
Margaritifera falcateCummings & Graf (2010)
Margaritifera (s.s.) falcataBolotov et al. (2016)

Range: Pacific drainages from California north to Alaska, western North America; also from the upper Missouri River in Montana.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


USA

specimen
USNM_5929A

Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.

   

Genbank Vouchers

USA

Mp_2741_107BearCreek (COI) Bear Creek, Lake Washington Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_188CedarCreek (COI) Cedar Creek, Lewis River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_105BearCreek (COI) Bear Creek, Lake Washington Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_158PilchuckCreek (COI) Pilchuck Creek, Stillaguamish River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_183YakimaRiver (COI) Upper Yakima River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_157PilchuckCreek (COI) Pilchuck Creek, Stillaguamish River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_177YakimaRiver (COI) Upper Yakima River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_189CedarCreek (COI) Cedar Creek, Lewis River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_197NasonCreek (COI) Nason Creek, Wenatchee River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

Mp_2741_182YakimaRiver (COI) Upper Yakima River, Columbia River Drainage, Washington

 

MCZ_DNA100699 (COI, 16S, 28S, 18S, H3)

MCZ_DNA100844 (COI, 16S, 28S, 18S, H3)

MCZ_DNA100670 (COI, 28S, 18S, H3)

MCZ_DNA100671 (28S, 18S, H3)

MAFA1 (COI)

biv 299/10 (mtGenome)

ANSP_339339 (28S)

Page updated: 15:05:12 Wed 04 Dec 2024

 
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