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genus Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831: synonymy

1 Recent freshwater species (1 total species)

Synonymy

Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831

Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Frierson, 1914: 7) = Sulcularia viridis

Calceola Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, 382 (footnote).
(homonym of Lamarck, 1799 [Anthozoa])
Type species: Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840 (monotypy) = Sulcularia viridis

Pressodonta Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 667.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 495.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Alasmidonta Say, 1818; new name for Hemiodon Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Unio calceolus Lea, 1828 (orig. desig.) = Sulcularia viridis

Sulcataria Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 673.
(error for Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831 = Sulcularia viridis

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

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

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), ... Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Unio (Margaritana) — Call (1900)
Alasmidonta — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Utterback (1915), Morrison (1969), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) — Simpson (1900)
Unio — de Gregorio (1914)
Symphynota — Vanatta (1915)
Calceola — Walker (1918)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) — Ortmann (1918), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Clarke (1985)
Lasmigona (s.s.) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) — Frierson (1927)
Alasmodonta (sec. Pressodonta) — Thiele (1934)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) — Thiele (1934)
Lasmigona — Morrison (1969), Clarke (1973), R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) — Burch (1975)
Pressodonta — FMCS (2025), Sanfilippo et al. (2025)
Sulcularia — Gordon (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)