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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!
For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified. 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=validgen_syn&id=295
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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina genus Alasminota Ortmann, 1914: nominal genera
2 valid species
Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831, Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Frierson, 1914: 7) = Alasminota holstonia |
Sulcataria Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 673.
(error for Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831)
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Alasminota Ortmann, 1914
Ortmann, 1914, Nautilus 28(4): 41.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 33.
Ortmann, 1923, Nautilus 36(3): 83.
Ortmann, 1924, Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 22.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Symphynota Lea, 1829)
Type species: Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838 (orig. desig.) = Alasminota holstonia |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (Alasminota) — Ortmann (1914)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) — Ortmann (1918), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
— Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) — Frierson (1927)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) — Thiele (1934)
Lasmigona — Morrison (1969), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), ..., Bieler (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Alasminota — FMCS (2025)
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