- Margaritiferidae
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Margaritiferidae 
Margaritifera margaritifera Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Subclass: Paleoheterodonta Order: Unionoida Family: Margaritiferidae Genera See text for genera and species.
Margaritiferidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionoida. They are known as freshwater pearl mussels, because they are capable of producing pearls.
Genera within the family Margaritiferidae
- Cumberlandia Ortmann, 1912
- Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816
- Pseudunio
- Ptychorhynchus
- Heudeana
- Margaritanopsis
- Shepmania
- Ctenodesma
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