Species
Margaritifera falcata (Western pearlshell)
The western pearlshell (Margaritifera falcata) is a species of freshwater bivalve, a pearl mussel, a bivalve mollusk in the family Margaritiferidae. This species can be found only in the United States and Canada, where it occurs mostly west of the Rocky Mountains.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
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Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
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Subclass: Autobranchia
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Infraclass: Heteroconchia
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Subterclass: Palaeoheterodonta (Freshwater mussels and brooch clams)
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Order: Unionida (Freshwater mussels)
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Superfamily: Unionoidea
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Family: Margaritiferidae
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Subfamily: Margaritiferinae
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Genus: Margaritifera
- Species: Margaritifera falcata (Western pearlshell)
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Genus: Margaritifera
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Subfamily: Margaritiferinae
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Family: Margaritiferidae
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Superfamily: Unionoidea
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Order: Unionida (Freshwater mussels)
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Subterclass: Palaeoheterodonta (Freshwater mussels and brooch clams)
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Infraclass: Heteroconchia
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Subclass: Autobranchia
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Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
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Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)