MolluscaBase name details
Margaritifera vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817)
820534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820534)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Margaritifera Jameson, 1901 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perlamater vulgaris Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 108; pl. 20 fig. 3; note: based in part on Chemnitz (1785), vol. 8, p. 126, pl. 80 fig. 717 [details]
page(s): 108; pl. 20 fig. 3; note: based in part on Chemnitz (1785), vol. 8, p. 126, pl. 80 fig. 717 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margaritifera vulgaris (Schumacher, 1817). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820534 on 2025-09-11
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(of Perlamater vulgaris Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 108; pl. 20 fig. 3; note: based in part on Chemnitz (1785), vol. 8, p. 126, pl. 80 fig. 717 [details]
basis of record Subba Rao, N. V. & Dey, A. (2000). Catalogue of marine molluscs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, Occasional Paper.</em> 187: 199-294., available online at https://ia802808.us.archive.org/17/items/dli.zoological.occpapers.187/index.pdf [details]
additional source Awati, P. R. (1928). An account of the pearl fisheries of Tuticorin March and April 1927. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 32(3): 524-531, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47556094 [details]
page(s): 108; pl. 20 fig. 3; note: based in part on Chemnitz (1785), vol. 8, p. 126, pl. 80 fig. 717 [details]
basis of record Subba Rao, N. V. & Dey, A. (2000). Catalogue of marine molluscs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, Occasional Paper.</em> 187: 199-294., available online at https://ia802808.us.archive.org/17/items/dli.zoological.occpapers.187/index.pdf [details]
additional source Awati, P. R. (1928). An account of the pearl fisheries of Tuticorin March and April 1927. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 32(3): 524-531, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47556094 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
