Bogatov V.V., Prozorova L.A., Starobogatov Ya.I.
Ruthenica: Russian Malacological Journal 2003; 13(1): 41-52
The taxonomic review of the family Margaritiferidae was based on shell and soft tissues morphology. Russian pear mussels are found to belong to 14 species in 3 genera: Margaritifera Schumacher, [1815], Dahurinaia Starobogatov, 1970 and Kurilinaia Zatravkin et Bogatov, 1988, wich was originally described as a subgenus of the genus Dahurinaia.
