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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Pyganodon lacustris
nominal species Anodonta lacustris Lea, 1857
Anodonta lacustris Lea, 1857 = Pyganodon lacustris
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 363 [45], pl. 62, fig. 188.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86597, Mohawk, N.Y.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 293.
= Pyganodon lacustris — Perkins et al., 2025: Table S1.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — FMCS, 2025: [6].
= Pyganodon lacustris — Whelan et al., 2023: 13, Table S1.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 15.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — FMCS, 2021: [6].
= Pyganodon lacustris — Stewart et al., 2021: 453, Table 1.
= Pyganodon lacustris — Beauchamp et al., 2020: 234.
= Pyganodon lacustris — Chase et al., 2018: Table S2.
= Pyganodon lacustris — Inoue et al., 2018: Table S2.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2017: 42.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Krebs et al., 2015: 38.
= Pyganodon lacustris (I. Lea, 1852) — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Doucet-Beaupré et al., 2012: 431.
+ Pyganodon grandis — Haag, 2012: 74.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1852) — IUCN, 2011: [web].
= Pyganodon lacustris — Breton et al., 2011: 1653.
= Pyganodon lacustris Lea, 1852 — Bogan, 2010: [web].
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Watters et al., 2009: 354, fig. 226.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Zanatta et al., 2007: 212.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 36.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997: 83, pl. 15, figs. 2-3; pl. 16; fig. 13B.
= Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Hoeh et al., 1995: 28.
= Pyganodon lacustris — Hoeh, 1990: 63.
= Anodonta lacustris Lea, 1857 — Hoeh & Burch, 1989: 264.
+ Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817 — Burch, 1975: 166.
+ Anodonta (Pyganodon) cataracta cataracta Say, 1817 — R.I. Johnson, 1970: 356.
+ Anodonta (s.s.) marginata Say, 1817 — Haas, 1969: 353.
+ Anodonta marginata Say, 1917 [sic] — F.C. Baker, 1928: 165.
+ Anodonta (s.s.) marginata Say, 1817 — Frierson, 1927: 13.
+ Anodonta marginata Say, 1817 — Simpson, 1914: 389.
+ Anodonta marginata Say, 1816 — Simpson, 1900: 632.
= Anodonta lacustris Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [7].
= Margaron (Anodonta) lacustris (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 80.
= Anodon lacustris (Lea, 1857) — Sowerby, 1867: pl. 19, sp. 73.
