NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Margaritiferidae
  Superfamily - Unionoidea
  Order - Unionoida
  Subclass - Palaeoheterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Margaritifera margaritifera
      Species - Margaritifera falcata
      Species - Margaritifera hembeli
      Species - Margaritifera marrianae
      Species - Margaritifera marocana
      Species - Margaritifera laosensis
      Species - Margaritifera laevis
      Species - Margaritifera homsensis
      Species - Margaritifera dahurica
      Species - Margaritifera auricularia
      Species - Margaritifera monodonta
      Species - Margaritifera togakushiensis
      Species - Margaritifera middendorffi