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species Alasminota holstonia (Lea, 1838): synonymy

2 specimens + 5 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

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Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publicationLea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 42, pl. 13, fig. 37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86320, Holston R., Tenn.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann (1914)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstoniaThiele (1934)
Lasmigona badiaMorrison (1969)
Lasmigona holstoniaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Alasminota holstoniaFMCS (2025), Gordon (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

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Alasmodonta impressa J.G. Anthony, 1865

J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 157, pl. 12, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_150666, Tennessee.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) georgianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaHaas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaClarke (1985)
Lasmigona holstoniaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Alasminota holstoniaGordon (2025)

Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors

(misidentified reference to Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831)
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 19.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 399.

Alasminota holstoniaGordon (2025)

Unio holstonianus Hanley, 1843

(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 213.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona holstoniaParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Alasminota holstoniaGordon (2025)

Margaritana holstoniana Küster, 1862

(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 302.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona holstoniaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio holstonianus Sowerby, 1868

(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 398.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaClarke (1985)
Alasminota holstoniaGordon (2025)

Lasmigona holstonia etowahensis Campbell et al., 2005

(misidentified reference to Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858)
‘Lea’ Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): 154.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) georgianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann (1914)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
“Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia” **Frierson (1927)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstoniaThiele (1934)
“Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia” **Haas (1969)
Lasmigona badiaMorrison (1969)
Lasmigona holstoniaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
“Lasmigona holstonia etowahensis” **Campbell et al. (2005)
Alasminota holstoniaFMCS (2025), Gordon (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)