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

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species Alasmidonta arcula (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     2 specimens + 13 Genbank vouchers

Margaritana arcula Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 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) arculaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Alasmodonta (sec. Bullella) arculaThiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) arculaR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2014)
Alasmidonta arculaTurgeon 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
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]

Alasmidonta arculaWhelan et al. (2023)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Bullella) arculaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Alasmodonta (sec. Bullella) arculaThiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) arculaR.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2014)
Alasmidonta arculaTurgeon 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)

 
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