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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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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. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=validsp_syn&id=1124
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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Alasmidonta species Alasmidonta arcula (Lea, 1838): nominal species
2 specimens available.
Margaritana arcula Lea, 1838
 
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 71, pl. 22, fig. 69.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86170, Altamaha R., Liberty Co., Georgia.
Margaritana arcula — Lea (1838), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margarita (Margaritana) arcula — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio arcula — Hanley (1843), Sowerby (1866)
Margaron (Margaritana) arcula — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Alasmodonta arcula — Conrad (1853)
Baphia (Complanaria) arcula — Adams & Adams (1857)
Unio arculus — Paetel (1890)
Alasmidonta (Bullella) arcula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Alasmodonta (sec. Bullella) arcula — Thiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) arcula — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2014)
Alasmidonta arcula — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Cummings & Graf (2010), ..., Hopper et al. (2023), Whelan et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
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Alasmidonta triangulata Perkins et al., 2025
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Margaritana triangulata Lea, 1858)
Alasmidonta triangulata — Perkins et al. (2025)
Alasmidonta arcula — Whelan et al. (2023)
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Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Alasmidonta (Bullella) arcula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Alasmodonta (sec. Bullella) arcula — Thiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) arcula — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2014)
Alasmidonta arcula — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Cummings & Graf (2010), ..., Hopper et al. (2023), Whelan et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Alasmidonta triangulata — Perkins et al. (2025)
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