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species Alasmidonta arcula (Lea, 1838): synonymy

2 specimens + 13 GenBank vouchers

Synonymy

image of type lot

Margaritana arcula Lea, 1838

Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43. [nomen nudum]
specimen image from publicationLea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 71, pl. 22, fig. 69.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86170, Altamaha R., Liberty Co., Georgia.

Alasmidonta (Bullella) arcula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Alasmodonta (sec. Bullella) arcula — Thiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) arcula — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2014)
Alasmidonta arcula — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)

Alasmidonta triangulata ‘Lea’ of Authors

(misidentified reference to Margaritana triangulata Lea, 1858)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]

Alasmidonta arcula — Whelan et al. (2023)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Bullella) arcula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Alasmodonta (sec. Bullella) arcula — Thiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) arcula — R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2014)
Alasmidonta arcula — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
“Alasmidonta triangulata” ** — Perkins et al. (2025)