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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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species Alasmidonta holstonia (Lea, 1838): nominal species
     2 specimens available.

Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 42, pl. 13, fig. 37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86320, Holston R., Tenn.

Margaritana holstoniaLea (1838), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margarita (Margaritana) holstoniaLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio holstonianusHanley (1843), Sowerby (1868)
Margaron (Margaritana) holstoniaLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Strophitus holstoniaConrad (1853)
Baphia holstoniaAdams & Adams (1857)
Margaritana holstonianaKüster (1862)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann (1914)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstoniaThiele (1934)
Lasmigona badiaMorrison (1969)
Lasmigona holstoniaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ..., FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)

Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831, Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 81.

Sulcularia badiaRafinesque (1831)
Alasmodonta badiumFerussac (1835)
Alasmidonta badiumSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Clarke (1985)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstoniaThiele (1934)
Lasmigona badiaMorrison (1969)
Lasmigona holstoniaR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio holstonianus Hanley, 1843
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 213.
(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)

Unio holstonianusHanley (1843)
Margaron (Margaritana) holstoniaLea (1870)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona holstoniaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Margaritana holstoniana Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 302.
(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)

Margaritana holstonianaKüster (1862)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona holstoniaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Alasmodonta impressa J.G. Anthony, 1865
J.G. Anthony, 1865, Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 157, pl. 12, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_150666, Tennessee.

Alasmodonta impressaJ.G. Anthony (1865)
Margaron (Margaritana) georgianaLea (1870)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) georgianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaHaas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaClarke (1985)
Lasmigona holstoniaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)

Unio holstonianus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 398.
(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)

Unio holstonianusSowerby (1868)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaClarke (1985)

Lasmigona holstonia etowahensis Campbell et al., 2005
‘Lea’ Campbell et al., 2005, Invert. Biol. 124(2): 154.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858)

Lasmigona holstonia etowahensisCampbell et al. (2005)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta badiumSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) georgianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann (1914)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstoniaThiele (1934)
Lasmigona badiaMorrison (1969)
Lasmigona holstoniaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ..., FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lasmigona holstonia etowahensisCampbell et al. (2005)

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