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  Family Margaritiferidae

Genus Margaritifera (+ Cumberlandia, + Margaritinopsis, + Pseudunio)

    Species M. monodonta -- Wisconsin!
    Species M. falcata -- North America.
    Species M. hembeli -- North America.
    Species M. margaritifera -- North America.
    Species M. marrianae -- North America.
    Species M. auricularia
    Species M. dahurica
    Species M. homsensis
    Species M. laevis
    Species M. laosensis
    Species M. marocana
    Species M. middendorffi
    Species M. togakushiensis

Taxon Information

The Genus Margaritifera has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Margaritifera, [North America] (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
• Margaritifera, 1 species, northeastern [United States] (Smith, 2001).
• Margaritinopsis, 2 species; Mississippi and northwest coastal drainages [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Pseudunio, 2 species, AL, AR, LA (Smith, 2001).
• Margaritifera, [North America] (Clench, 1959).

Bibliography

• Cummings, K.S. & D.L. Graf. 2010. Mollusca: Bivalvia. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 309-384.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Mollusca (Gastropods, pelecypods). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 327-400.
• Clench, W.J. 1959. Mollusca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 1117-1160.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• MUSSEL Project Web Site