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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Alasmidonta varicosa

nominal species Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819

Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819 = Alasmidonta varicosa

Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, sp. 36.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_002, la rivière de Schuglkill [Schuylkill], pres de Philadelphie [Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania].

= Alasmidonta varicosa

Taxonomic Opinions

= Alasmidonta varicosaPerkins et al., 2025

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — FMCS, 2025

= Alasmidonta varicosaHou et al., 2025

= Alasmidonta varicosaWang et al., 2025

= Alasmidonta varicosaWu et al., 2024

= Alasmidonta varicosaWu et al., 2024

= Alasmidonta varicosaWu et al., 2024

= Alasmidonta varicosaHou et al., 2024

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Whelan et al., 2023

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Alasmidonta varicosaWu et al., 2023

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck) — Hata et al., 2022

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — FMCS, 2021

= Alasmidonta varicosaWu et al., 2021

= Alasmidonta varicosaFukata & Iigo, 2020

= Alasmidonta varicosaSano et al., 2020

= Alasmidonta varicosaChen et al., 2020

= Alasmidonta varicosaAunins et al., 2018

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — IUCN, 2017

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2017

= Alasmidonta varicosaLuchetti et al., 2016

= Alasmidonta varicosaJones, 2015

= Alasmidonta varicosaInoue et al., 2014

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — ITIS, 2012

= Alasmidonta varicosaHaag, 2012

= Alasmidonta varicosa Lamarck, 1819 — Bogan, 2010

= Alasmidonta varicosaCummings & Graf, 2010

= Alasmidonta (Decurambis) varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Kneeland & Rhymer, 2007

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Bogan, 2002

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck) — Williams et al., 1993

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Alasmidonta (Decurambis) varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Clarke, 1981

= Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Alasmidonta (s.s.) varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975

= Alasmidonta (Decurambis) varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata (Say, 1819) — Haas, 1969

= Decurambis marginata-varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Frierson, 1927

= Alasmidonta (Decurambis) varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Alasmidonta (Rugifera) varicosa (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914

= Alasmidonta marginata var. varicosa (Lam.) — Ortmann, 1910

= Alasmidonta marginata var. varicosa Lam. — Ortmann, 1909

= Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata varicosa (Lamarck) — Ortmann, 1909

+ Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata Say, 1819 — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Margaritana) marginata (Say) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio marginatus Lea — Sowerby, 1866

+ Margaritana marginata Say — Küster, 1862

+ Alasmodonta marginata (Say) — Conrad, 1853

+ Unio (Alasmodonta (s.s.)) marginatus (Say) — Mörch, 1853

+ Margaron (Margaritana) marginata (Say) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio marginata Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Mysca varicosa (Lam.) — Schlüter, 1838

+ Margarita (Margaritana) marginata Lea — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Margaritana) marginata (Say, 1819) — Lea, 1836

+ Alasmodonta undulata Say, Barn. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Alasmodonta [sic] marginata (Say) — Lea, 1834

+ Alasmodonta [sic] undulata Say — Lea, 1829

= Unio varicosaLamarck, 1819

 
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