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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Alasminota etowaensis

nominal species Margaritana georgiana Lea, 1859

Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 280.
(new name for Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858)
Type(s): TYPE USNM_86259, Etowah R., Ga.

= Alasminota etowaensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lasmigona etowaensis (Conrad, 1849) — Bieler, 2021
+ Lasmigona etowaensis (Conrad, 1849) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1838) — Clarke, 1985
+ Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia (Rafinesque, 1831) — Haas, 1969
+ Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia (Rafinesque, 1831) — Frierson, 1927
+ Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia (Lea, 1839) — Ortmann, 1923
= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) georgiana (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1914
= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) georgiana (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1900
= Margaritana georgiana Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Margaritana) georgiana (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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