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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Alasminota Ortmann, 1914: nominal genera
     2 valid species

Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831, Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Frierson, 1914: 7) = Alasmidonta holstonia

Sulcataria Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 673.
(error for Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831)

Alasminota Ortmann, 1914
Ortmann, 1914, Nautilus 28(4): 41.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 33.
Ortmann, 1923, Nautilus 36(3): 83.
Ortmann, 1924, Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 22.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Symphynota Lea, 1829)
Type species: Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838 (orig. desig.) = Alasmidonta holstonia

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
AlasmidontaSimpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Alasminota)Ortmann (1923), Clarke (1985)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia)Frierson (1927)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia)Haas (1969)
LasmigonaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Campbell et al. (2005), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ..., FMCS (2021), Bieler (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Whelan et al. (2023)

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