Margaritifera auricularia
| Spengler's freshwater mussel | |
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| A shell of Spengler's freshwater mussel from Spain | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Margaritiferidae |
| Genus: | Margaritifera |
| Species: | M. auricularia |
| Binomial name | |
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Margaritifera auricularia Spengler, 1793 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793 |
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Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793
Pseudunio auricularia (Spengler, 1793)
Pseudunio auricularius auricularius (Spengler, 1793)
Unio sinuatus Lamarck, 1819
Spengler's freshwater mussel scientific name (Margaritifera auricularia or Pseudunio auricularia) is a species of European freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels. It is named after Lorenz Spengler.
Large shells are up to 180 mm in length.
There are different opinions on the taxonomy of this species.
The species was originally described as Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793.
When it is placed in the genus Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816, it is considered to be:
At other times it is placed in the genus Pseudunio F. Haas, 1910, in which case it is known as:
Sometimes it is given the masculine gender:
It is found in:
The fish hosts for the glochidium larvae of this species are: Salaria fluviatilis, Gambusia holbrooki, Acipenser baerii, Acipenser naccarii and Acipenser sturio.
The hosts for this species were unknown for a long time: as recently as 1998 they were still not known.
Araujo, R., Bragado, D. & Ramos, M. A. 2001. Identification of the river blenny, Salaria fluviatilis, as a host to the glochidia of Margaritifera auricularia. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 67: 128-129.
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