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Typical Pearl Mussels
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Typical Pearl Mussels

Margaritifera

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

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Western Pearlshell

speciesMargaritifera falcata

Freshwater Pearl Mussel

speciesMargaritifera margaritifera

Louisiana Pearlshell

speciesMargaritifera hembeli

Alabama Pearlshell

speciesMargaritifera marrianae

Japanese Freshwater Pearl Mussel

speciesMargaritifera laevis

Amurean Freshwater Pearl Mussel

speciesMargaritifera dahurica

Margaritifera kurilensis

speciesMargaritifera kurilensis

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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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 89744.