Margaritifera is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.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
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:
†Margaritifera elongata (Martinson, 1982) †Margaritifera sainshandensis (Martinson, 1982) †Margaritifera glabra (Kolesnikov, 1956)
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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.
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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