Margaritifera

Margaritifera is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.^[1]

Margaritifera Temporal range: Middle Cretaceous to present 110–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Margaritifera margaritifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Superfamily:	Unionoidea
Family:	Margaritiferidae
Genus:	Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816
Type species
Margaritifera fluviatilis Schumacher, 1815
Synonyms
Dahurinaia Starobogatov, 1970 † Hungaramblema Starobogatov, 1970 (junior subjective synonym) Margarita (Margaritana) Margaritana Schumacher, 1817 (objective synonym) Margaritana (Margaritiferana) Fagot, 1893 Margaritifera (Margaritanopsis) F. Haas, 1910 Margaritifera (Margaritifera) Schumacher, 1815 Margartifera Schumacher, 1815 (incorrect original spelling) Margatifera (incorrect subsequent spelling) † Plicatibaphia Starobogatov, 1970 † Pseudomargaritifera Q.-H. Ma, 1996 (junior subjective synonym) Schalienaia Starobogatov, 1970 † Solenoides Q.-H. Ma, 1996 (junior subjective synonym)

Species

Species within the genus Margaritifera include:

• Margaritifera auricularia or Pseudunio auricularia
• Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)
• Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)
• Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Freshwater pearl mussel (includes Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis Phillips, 1928)
• Margaritifera marrianae R. I. Johnson, 1983

The following fossil species are known from the mid-Cretaceous of Mongolia, being formerly classified in the genus Unio:^[2]

• †Margaritifera elongata (Martinson, 1982)
• †Margaritifera sainshandensis (Martinson, 1982)
• †Margaritifera glabra (Kolesnikov, 1956)

References)

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Margaritifera Schumacher, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571966 on 2021-06-22
2. Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Bolotov, Ivan N.; Do, Van Tu; Aldridge, David C.; Fonseca, Miguel M.; Gan, Han Ming; Gofarov, Mikhail Y.; Kondakov, Alexander V.; Prié, Vincent; Sousa, Ronaldo; Varandas, Simone; Vikhrev, Ilya V.; Teixeira, Amílcar; Wu, Rui-Wen; Wu, Xiaoping (2018-10-01). "Expansion and systematics redefinition of the most threatened freshwater mussel family, the Margaritiferidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 98–118. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.041. hdl:10198/18714. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29729933.

• Starobogatov, Y. I. (1970). Fauna Molliuskov i Zoogeograficheskoe Raionirovanie Kontinental'nykh Vodoemov Zemnogo Shara [The Molluscan Fauna and Zoogeographical Zoning of the Continental Water Bodies of the World]. Nauka. Leningrad. 372 p., 12 tables.
• Ma, Q.-H. (1996). Revision of Mesozoic Margaritiferidae in China and their development. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 35(4): 408-429.

External links

• Schumacher, C. F. (1815). Afhandling over conchyliologiske systemer, og om nogle toskallede conchylier. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger (Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark). 1813-1815: 7
• Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
• Fagot, P. (1890-1894). Histoire malacologique des Pyrénées Françaises et Espagnoles. Bulletin de la Société Ramond
• Bolotov I.N., Vikhrev I.V., Bespalaya Y.V., Gofarov M.Y., Kondakov A.V., Konopleva E.S., Bolotov N.N. & Lyubas A.A. (2016). Multi-locus fossil-calibrated phylogeny, biogeography and a subgeneric revision of the Margaritiferidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 103: 104-121