Margaritifera

Margaritifera is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.

Species

within the genus Margaritifera include:

Margaritifera auricularia or Pseudunio auricularia
Margaritifera falcata
Margaritifera hembeli
Margaritifera margaritifera — Freshwater pearl mussel
Margaritifera marrianae R. I. Johnson, 1983

The following fossil species are known from the mid-Cretaceous of Mongolia, being formerly classified in the genus Unio:

†Margaritifera elongata
†Margaritifera sainshandensis
†''Margaritifera glabra''