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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Alasmidonta marginata

nominal species Margaritana marginata Küster, 1862

‘Say’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 297, pl. 99, fig. 3.
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 267.
(reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)

= Alasmidonta marginata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 — Watters et al., 2009
+ Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata Say, 1819 — Simpson, 1914
+ Alasmidonta (Rugifera) truncata (Wright, B.H., 1898) — Simpson, 1900
+ Margaron (Margaritana) marginata (Say) — Lea, 1870

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