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Margaritifera Jameson, 1901
464512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464512)
unaccepted (junior homonym of Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816 [Margaritiferidae].)
Genus
Avicula radiata Leach, 1814 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (type by original designation)
- Species Margaritifera carchariarum (Jameson, 1901) accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Margaritifera fimbriata Bryan, 1915 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Margaritifera mauritii (Jameson, 1901) accepted as Pinctada maculata (A. Gould, 1850) (synonym)
- Species Margaritifera maxima (Jameson, 1901) accepted as Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901)
- Species Margaritifera natalensis (Jameson, 1901) accepted as Pinctada maculata (A. Gould, 1850) (synonym)
- Species Margaritifera panasesae (Jameson, 1901) accepted as Pinctada maculata (A. Gould, 1850) (synonym)
- Species Margaritifera pitcairnensis (Jameson, 1901) accepted as Pinctada maculata (A. Gould, 1850) (synonym)
- Species Margaritifera semiaurita Mörch, 1853 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Margaritifera vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817) accepted as Pinctada vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
(of Pteria (Margaritifera) Jameson, 1901) Jameson, H. L. (1901). On the identity and distribution of the Mother of Pearl Oysters with a revision of the subgenus <i>Margaritifera</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (1): 372-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31591344
page(s): 372 [details]
page(s): 372 [details]
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(of Pteria (Margaritifera) Jameson, 1901) Jameson, H. L. (1901). On the identity and distribution of the Mother of Pearl Oysters with a revision of the subgenus <i>Margaritifera</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (1): 372-394., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31591344
page(s): 372 [details]
page(s): 372 [details]
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