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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Pterosyna Rafinesque, 1831: species

5 available nominal genus synonyms (7 total synonyms) | cladomics

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Decorative image of a representative of Pterosyna alabamensis

Pterosyna alabamensis Clarke, 1985

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Endemic to the Mobile Basin on the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America)

NatureServe: G3 (Lasmigona alabamensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Pterosyna complanata (Barnes, 1823)

syonymy (4 available, 5 total) | specimens (3 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, Great Lakes and the Gulf Coastal Plain west of the Mobile Basin, North America. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Lasmigona complanata)
NatureServe: G5 (Lasmigona complanata)
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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