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Freshwater Pearl Mussels
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Freshwater Pearl Mussels

Margaritiferidae

Margaritiferidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionoida. They are known as freshwater pearl mussels, because the interior of the shell of these species has a thick layer of nacre or mother of pearl, and the mussels are thus capable of producing pearls.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first

Margaritiferinae

subfamilyMargaritiferinae

Gibbosulinae

subfamilyGibbosulinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84029.