Margaritiferidae
Sign in to saveMargaritiferidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionida. It is the most threatened of all unionid families.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
- FamilyMargaritiferidae
Perluotiniai (lot. Margaritiferidae) – dvigeldžių moliuskų klasės (lot. Bivalvia) šeima. Gėlavandenė perluotė (Margaritifera margaritifera) Šis straipsnis apie malakologiją yra nebaigtas. Jūs galite prisidėti prie Vikipedijos papildydami šį straipsnį.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Margaritiferidae
- Collections
- INHS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Finland, Japan
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- Subfamily Margaritiferinae
- Subfamily Gibbosulinae
- Fossil genera
- References
Margaritiferidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionida. It is the most threatened of all unionid families.
The family is sometimes referred to as the freshwater pearl mussel family, but "freshwater pearl mussel" more often applies to the species Margaritifera margaritifera. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Margaritiferidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.