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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Sulcularia viridis

nominal species Margaritana minor Lea, 1845

image of type lot

Margaritana minor Lea, 1845 = Sulcularia viridis

Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 165.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 82 [56], pl. 8, fig. 26.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86224 (by Clarke, 1981: 18), N.C.

= Sulcularia viridis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Sulcularia viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Gordon, 2025

= Alasmidonta minorITIS, 2012

+ Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Clarke, 1981

+ Alasmidonta calceolus (Lea, 1830) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

+ Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus (Lea, 1830) — Haas, 1969

= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola-minor (Lea, 1845) — Frierson, 1927

= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925

= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924

= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor (Lea, 1845) — Ortmann, 1918

= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1914

= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor (Lea) — Ortmann, 1914

= Alasmidonta minor (Lea, 1845) — Ortmann, 1912

= Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor (Lea, 1845) — Simpson, 1900

= Alasmodonta minor (Lea) — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896

= Margaritana minor Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaritana minor Lea — Lewis, 1872

= Margaron (Margaritana) minor (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Baphia (Alasmodonta) minor (Lea) — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Strophitus minor (Lea) — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Margaritana) minor (Lea) — Lea, 1852

 
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