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Margaritifera
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Palaeoheterodonta
Order:
Unionoida (Freshwater mussels and relatives)
Superfamily:
Unionacea (freshwater mussels)
Family:
Margaritiferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Margaritifera SCHUMACHER, 1816, p. 7
Type Species:
Mya margaritifera LINNÉ, 1758, p. 671, M
Images
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Fig. D16,3. *M. (M.) margaritifera (Linné), Rec., Eu., 3a,b, LV ext., RV int., X0.5 (after 497).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
U.Cret.-Rec., Eu.-N.Am.-E.Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Shell heavy, thick, compressed, without posterior lamellar teeth
References
Schumacher, C. F., 1816, Over conchyliologiske systemer: K. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk., Förhandl., p. 7.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Palaeoheterodonta
Order:
Unionoida (Freshwater mussels and relatives)
Superfamily:
Unionacea (freshwater mussels)
Family:
Margaritiferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Margaritifera SCHUMACHER, 1816, p. 7
Type Species:
Mya margaritifera LINNÉ, 1758, p. 671, M
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. D16,3. *M. (M.) margaritifera (Linné), Rec., Eu., 3a,b, LV ext., RV int., X0.5 (after 497).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
U.Cret.-Rec., Eu.-N.Am.-E.Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Shell heavy, thick, compressed, without posterior lamellar teeth
References
Schumacher, C. F., 1816, Over conchyliologiske systemer: K. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk., Förhandl., p. 7.