🦋 Family
Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is a long-lived Holarctic freshwater bivalve that needs clean flowing rivers and salmonids to survive.
Margaritifera falcata (A.Gould, 1850)
Margaritifera falcata (A.Gould, 1850)
Margaritifera falcata, the western pearlshell, is a North American freshwater pearl mussel found mostly west of the Rockies.
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