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genus Lasmigona Rafinesque, 1831: synonymy

1 Recent freshwater species (1 total species)

Synonymy

Amblasmodon Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 78.
(correct name for Amblamodon Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Amblasmodon hians Rafinesque, 1831 (monotypy) = Lasmigona costata

Lasmigona Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 78.
(renamed Elasmogona Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Alasmidonta costata Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 664) = Lasmigona costata

Amblamodon Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80.
(incorrect original spelling of Amblasmodon Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Amblasmodon hians Rafinesque, 1831 = Lasmigona costata

Amblasmadon Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
(error for Amblasmodon Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Amblasmodon hians Rafinesque, 1831 = Lasmigona costata

Elasmogona Agassiz, 1846

Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 135.
(new name for Lasmigona Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823 = Lasmigona costata

Alasmodon Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.

Amblamadon Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.

Elasmogena Herrmannsen, 1852

‘Ag.’ Herrmannsen, 1852. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 49.
(error for Elasmogona Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823 = Lasmigona costata

Elasmigena Clarke, 1985

‘Herrmannsen’ Clarke, 1985. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (399): 2.
(error for Elasmogena Herrmannsen, 1852)
Type species: Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823 = Lasmigona costata

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Lasmigona, since 1900.

Symphynota (Lasmigona) — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Margaritana) — Call (1900)
Alasmidonta — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1915)
Lasmigona (s.s.) — Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), ... Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona — Murray & Leonard (1962), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979), ... Hnytka et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)