Genus

Margaritifera

Margaritifera falcata. Photo: (c) Jamie Bettaso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Margaritifera is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
      - Subclass: Autobranchia
        Infraclass: Heteroconchia
        Subterclass: Palaeoheterodonta (Freshwater mussels and brooch clams)
        Order: Unionida (Freshwater mussels)
        Superfamily: Unionoidea
        Family: Margaritiferidae
        Subfamily: Margaritiferinae
        Genus: Margaritifera
        Species: Margaritifera falcata (Western pearlshell)

Subtaxa

Species: Margaritifera falcata (Western pearlshell)

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