Margaritiferidae
Margaritiferidae | |
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Separated valves of a shell of Margaritifera margaritifera | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Superfamily: | Unionoidea |
Family: | Margaritiferidae Haas, 1940 |
Genera | |
See text for genera |
Margaritiferidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionida.[1][2]
The family is sometimes referred to as the freshwater pearl mussel family,[3] but "freshwater pearl mussel" more often applies to the species Margaritifera margaritifera.[4][5][6] The name refers to the thick layer of nacre (mother of pearl) lining the interior of the shell of the species, which enables them to produce pearls.
Genera[]
Genera within the family Margaritiferidae include:
- Cumberlandia Ortmann, 1912
- Simpson, 1900
- Margaritifera Schumacher, 1815
- Haas, 1910
- Simpson, 1900
Suggested redefinition[]
A 2018 study suggested a new phylogeny and systematics of the Margaritiferidae, comprising two subfamilies, Gibbosulinae and Margaritiferinae, and four genera, Gibbosula, Cumberlandia, Margaritifera, and Pseudunio.[7]
References[]
- ^ Margaritiferidae Henderson, 1929 (1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2012. Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under a Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
- ^ Huber, Markus (2010). Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. pp. 901 pp. + CD. ISBN 978-3-939767-28-2.
- ^ Bolotov, Ivan N.; Bespalaya, Yulia V.; et al. (26 May 2015). Colgan, Donald James (ed.). "Taxonomy and Distribution of Freshwater Pearl Mussels (Unionoida: Margaritiferidae) of the Russian Far East". PLOS ONE. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 10 (5): e0122408. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122408. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4444039.
- ^ Mitchell, Daniel (2010). "Margaritifera margaritifera". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Popov, Igor (2020). "The impact of publication on freshwater pearl mussel conservation: To conceal or to reveal the location of threatened habitats?". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Wiley. 30 (9): 1816–1820. doi:10.1002/aqc.3342. ISSN 1052-7613.
- ^ Bauer, G. (1987). "Reproductive Strategy of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera". Journal of Animal Ecology. Wiley, British Ecological Society. 56 (2): 691–704. ISSN 1365-2656. JSTOR 5077. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Manuel Lopes-Lima; et al. (1 October 2018). "Expansion and systematics redefinition of the most threatened freshwater mussel family, the Margaritiferidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 98–118. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.041. hdl:1822/72343. ISSN 1055-7903. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
Categories:
- Margaritiferidae
- Bivalve families