WoRMS taxon details
Margaritifera Jameson, 1901
AphiaID: 464512
AphiaID: 464512
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pterioida (Order) > Pterioidea (Superfamily) > Pteriidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Attributed by Jameson to Browne, 1756 [pre-Linnean work; not ì available for nomenclature]. Invalid: junior homonym of ì Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816 [Margaritiferidae].) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Pinctada Röding, 1798 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Avicula radiata Leach, 1814 (type by original designation) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Pteriidae Gray, 1847 (1820) | ||||||||||
| Source | Not documented | ||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Margaritifera fimbriata Bryan, 1915 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Margaritifera natalensis Jameson, 1901 accepted as Pinctada nigra (Gould, 1850) Species Margaritifera semiaurita Mörch, 1853 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464512 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Tëmkin, I. (2013). Margaritifera Jameson, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464512 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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