Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Unionida > Margaritiferidae > Margaritifera > Margaritifera margaritiferaMargaritifera margaritifera (River pearl mussel; eastern pearlshell; Flodperlemusling; Flußperlmuschel; Huître perlière; Mejillón de agua dulce; Mexilhão perlífero do rio; Mulette; Rivierparelmossel)Synonyms: Alasmodonta arcuata; Margaretifera margaretifera; Margarita margaritifera; Margaritana alleni; Margaritana durrovensis (heterotypic); Margaritana fluviatilis; Margaritana freytagi; Margaritana margaritifera; Margaritana margaritifera parvula; Margaritana margaritifera siluriana; Margaritana margaritifera var. borealis; Margaritana margaritifera var. compressa; Margaritana margaritifera var. siluriana; Margaritana margaritifera var. ventricosa; Margaritana michaudi; Margaritana pyrenaica; Margaritifera borealis; Margaritifera durrovensis; Margaritifera elongata; Margaritifera fluviatilis; Margaritifera margaritifera brunnea; Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis; Margaron margaritifera; Mya margaritifera (homotypic); Unio brunnea; Unio elongatus (heterotypic); Unio margaritifer; Unio margaritifer minor; Unio margaritifer var. minor; Unio margaritifera; Unio roissyi; Unio tristis The freshwater pearl mussel, scientific name Margaritifera margaritifera, is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae. Although the name "freshwater pearl mussel" is often used for this species, other freshwater mussel species can also create pearls and some can also be used as a source of mother of pearl. In fact, most cultured pearls today come from Hyriopsis species in Asia, or Amblema species in North America, both members of the related family Unionidae; pearls are also found within species in the genus Unio. |
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Central & Western Europe |
Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
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Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
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Norwegian Sea Drainages |
Norway, Sweden |
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Polar Freshwaters |
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Upper Danube |
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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