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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Alasminota holstonia

nominal species 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.

= Alasminota holstonia

Taxonomic Opinions

= Lasmigona holstonia — Perkins et al., 2025
= Alasminota holstonia (Lea, 1838) — FMCS, 2025
= Lasmigona holstonia — Whelan et al., 2023
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Hopper et al., 2023
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — FMCS, 2021
= Lasmigona holstonia — Klymus et al., 2020
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Williams et al., 2017
= Lasmigona holstonia — Jones, 2015
= Lasmigona holstonia (I. Lea, 1838) — ITIS, 2012
= Lasmigona holstonia — Haag, 2012
= Lasmigona holstonia I. Lea, 1838 — IUCN, 2011
= Lasmigona holstonia Lea, 1838 — Bogan, 2010
= Lasmigona holstonia — Cummings & Graf, 2010
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Williams et al., 2008
= Lasmigona holstonia — Chong et al., 2008
= Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Sayenko et al., 2005
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Bogan, 2002
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea) — Lydeard et al., 1999
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Turgeon et al., 1998
= Lasmigona holstonia (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Turgeon et al., 1988
= Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Clarke, 1985
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
= Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Burch, 1975
+ Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia (Rafinesque, 1831) — Haas, 1969
+ Lasmigona badia Rafinesque, 1831 — Morrison, 1969
= Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstonia (Lea) — Thiele, 1934
+ Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia (Rafinesque, 1831) — Frierson, 1927
= Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925
= Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924
= Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1839) — Ortmann, 1923
= Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia (Rafinesque, 1831) — Ortmann, 1918
= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1914
= Symphynota (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea) — Ortmann, 1914
= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Simpson, 1900
= Margaritana holstonia Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaritana holstonia Lea — Lewis, 1871
= Margaron (Margaritana) holstonia (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio holstonianus [sic] (Lea, 1838) — Sowerby, 1868
= Margaritana holstoniana [sic] Lea — Küster, 1862
= Baphia holstonia (Lea) — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Strophitus holstonia (Lea) — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Margaritana) holstonia (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio holstonianus [sic] Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Margarita (Margaritana) holstonia Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Margaritana) holstonia — Lea, 1836

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