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Page last updated
Wed 06 Mar 2024

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!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Alasmidonta

species Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818: specimens
     11 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginataGraf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta marginataWilliams et al. (2008), Chong et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Hoeh et al. (2009), ..., Jeratthitikul et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Chen et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023)
Alasmidonta sp.Araujo et al. (2018)

Range: Widespread in the Interior Basin, including the Great Lakes, USA and Canada. Introduced to the Hudson River via the Erie Canal, although assumed to be native to the Susquehanna.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


USA

specimen
CM_61.4679

Susquehanna River, Selins Grove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

specimen
UMMZ_209183

Red Cedar R., Chetek, Wis.

specimen
USNM_150545

Clinch R., Va.

Genbank Vouchers

USA

UMMZ_265695 (COI, 28S) Huron River, Ann Arbor, MI

 

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