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Margaritidae Blainville, 1824

121513  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:121513)

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  1. Genus Pinctada Röding, 1798
  2. Genus Maleagrima Agassiz, 1839 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798
  3. Genus Maleagrina Monterosato, 1877 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798
  4. Genus Margarita Leach, 1814 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798 (synonym)
  5. Genus Margaritifera Jameson, 1901 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798 (Attributed by Jameson to Browne, 1756 [pre-Linnean work; not ì available for nomenclature]. Invalid: junior homonym of ì Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816 [Margaritiferidae].)
  6. Genus Margaritiphora Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798 (synonym)
  7. Genus Meleagrina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798 (synonym)
  8. Genus Meleagris Fischer-Waldheim, 1835 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798
  9. Genus Perlamater Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798 (Perlamater vulgaris is a substitute name for Mytilus margaritiferus Gmelin, and Perlamater is thus a junior objective synonym of Pinctada.)
  10. Genus Pintada Gray, 1847 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798
  11. Genus Pintadina Gray, 1834 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798 (synonym)
  12. Genus Unionium Link, 1807 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798 (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Previously considered a synonym of Pteriidae Gray, 1847, however now an accepted family, refer Combosch et al., 2017 cited...  
Taxonomic remark Previously considered a synonym of Pteriidae Gray, 1847, however now an accepted family, refer Combosch et al., 2017 cited in Bieler & Bouchet, 2022. Senior homonym of Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Gastropoda); a case has been submitted to the ICZN to change the latter to Margaritesidae, refer Bieler & Bouchet, 2022. [details]
IRMNG (2023). Margaritidae Blainville, 1824. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121513 on 2024-03-28
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2013-06-02 22:00:00Z
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2022-11-06 17:52:52Z
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basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

taxonomy source Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the pearl oysters: proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1):12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details]   

name verified source Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the pearl oysters: proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1):12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details]   

current name source Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the pearl oysters: proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1):12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details]   

extant flag source Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the pearl oysters: proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1):12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details]   

habitat flag source Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the pearl oysters: proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1):12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details]   
From other sources
Taxonomic remark Previously considered a synonym of Pteriidae Gray, 1847, however now an accepted family, refer Combosch et al., 2017 cited in Bieler & Bouchet, 2022. Senior homonym of Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Gastropoda); a case has been submitted to the ICZN to change the latter to Margaritesidae, refer Bieler & Bouchet, 2022. [details]

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