Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Eulamellibranchia > Superorder Palaeoheterodonta > Order Unionoida > Superfamily Unionoidea > Family Margaritiferidae > Genus Margaritifera

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Margaritifera*	Schumacher, 1816	accepted genus name
*Margaritana*	Schumacher, 1817	generic synonym

Species group names

*Mya margaritifera*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Margaritana durrovensis*	Bloomer, 1928	subjective synonym
*Unio elongata*	Lamarck, 1819	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: Slаdkovodnа bisernа midа; Сладководна бисерна мида sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point

Danish: Flodperlemusling

English: Freshwater Pearl Mussel sources: Domina, Gianniantonio (University Palermo, Department Botanical Sciences (DPCE))

French: Moule d'eau douce

German: Flussperlmuschel sources: Germany PESI focal point

Italian: Ostrica d'acqua dolce

Lithuanian: Gėlavandenė perluotė

Polish: Perłoródka; Perłoródka rzeczna; Skójka perłorodna sources: Poland PESI focal point

Slovenian: bisernica sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Almeja perlífera de río; Madreperla de río; Ostra de agua dulce; Perla de agua dulce sources: spanish PESI focal point

Swedish: flodpärlmussla

Turkish: Tatlı su inci midyesi; Tatlısu inci midyesi sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Перлівниця річкова; річкова скойка

Genbank

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Dr Rafael Araujo. Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=337885