MolluscaBase taxon details
Margaritifera falcata (A. Gould, 1850)
857186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857186)
accepted
Species
Alasmodon falcata A. Gould, 1850 · unaccepted (original combination)
Alasmodon yubaensis Trask, 1855 · unaccepted
Margaritana margaritifera falcata (A. Gould, 1850) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Margaritana margaritifera var. falcata (A. Gould, 1850) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Margaritanopsis falcata (A. Gould, 1850) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Margaritifera (Margaritifera) falcata (A. Gould, 1850) · alternative representation
Margaritifera margaritifera falcata (A. Gould, 1850) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Alasmodon falcata A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 294 [details]
page(s): 294 [details]
Type locality contained in Washington (State)
type locality contained in Washington (State) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margaritifera falcata (A. Gould, 1850). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857186 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Alasmodon falcata A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 294 [details]
original description (of Alasmodon yubaensis Trask, 1855) Trask, J. B. 1855. A new species of Alasmodon, from the Yuba River. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences</em> (1) 1: 30, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15967063
page(s): 30 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Heard, W. H. (1970). Hermaphroditism in <i>Margaritifera falcata</i> (Gould) (Pelecypoda: Margaritiferidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 83(3): 113-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515385 [details]
page(s): 294 [details]
original description (of Alasmodon yubaensis Trask, 1855) Trask, J. B. 1855. A new species of Alasmodon, from the Yuba River. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences</em> (1) 1: 30, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15967063
page(s): 30 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Heard, W. H. (1970). Hermaphroditism in <i>Margaritifera falcata</i> (Gould) (Pelecypoda: Margaritiferidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 83(3): 113-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515385 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Western pearlshell | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (54 barcodes)
To Conchology (Margaritifera falcata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Margaritifera falcata)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 112 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 5929 Alasmodonta falcata) (from synonym Alasmodon falcata A. Gould, 1850)
To Conchology (Margaritifera falcata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Margaritifera falcata)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 112 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 5929 Alasmodonta falcata) (from synonym Alasmodon falcata A. Gould, 1850)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
