Publication Clarke (1981): summary

Full Citation

Clarke, A.H. 1981. The tribe Alasmidontini (Unionidae: Anodontinae), Part I. Pegias, Alasmidonta, and Arcidens. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (326). iii + 101 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Alasmidens Clarke, 1981

Clarke, 1981. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (326): 35.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Alasmidonta Say, 1818)
Type species: Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964 (orig. desig.) = Alasmidonta mccordi

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) robusta Clarke, 1981 = Alasmidonta robusta

Clarke, 1981. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (326): 81, figs. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_126755, Long Creek, near Charlotte, Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta (Alasmidens) mccordi Athearn, 1964 = Alasmidonta mccordi

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) atropurpurea (Rafinesque, 1831) = Alasmidonta atropurpurea

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata Say, 1819 = Alasmidonta marginata

+ Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828

+ Decurambis scriptum Rafinesque, 1831

+ Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898

+ Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata susquehannae Ortmann, 1919

+ Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata variabilis F.C. Baker, 1928

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) raveneliana (Lea, 1834) = Alasmidonta raveneliana

+ Unio swananoensis Hanley, 1843

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) robusta Clarke, 1981 = Alasmidonta robusta

There are 38 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulata (Say, 1817) = Alasmidonta undulata + Alasmidonta triangulata

+ Unio glabratus G.B. Sowerby, 1821

+ Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827

+ Alasmodonta sculptilis Say, 1829

+ Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840

+ Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840

+ Margaritana triangulata Lea, 1858

+ Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868

Pegias fabula (Lea, 1838)

+ Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840

+ Margaritana curreyana ‘Lea’ of Authors