MolluscaBase - Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

1042490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1042490)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted Name

Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Margaritifera Jameson, 1901 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798

Original name

Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (3)

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Variety Margaritifera margaritifera var. persica Jameson, 1901 accepted as Pinctada persica (Jameson, 1901)
Variety Margaritifera margaritifera var. zanzibarensis Jameson, 1901 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Margaritifera margaritifera var. erythraeensis Jameson, 1901 (uncertain)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1042490 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-10-28 12:57:16Z

created

Vanhoorne, Bart

2017-10-28 20:32:14Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 704 [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

To Barcode of Life (430 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Margaritifera margaritifera)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)