Publication Whelan et al. (2023): summary

cladograms

Full Citation

Whelan, N.V., N.A. Johnson, A.S. Williams, M.A. Perkins, C.E. Beaver & J.W. Mays. 2023. Hidden in the hills: phylogeny of the freshwater mussel genus Alasmidonta (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198(2): 650-676. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Simpsonais Whelan et al., 2023

Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1.
(error for Simpsonaias Frierson, 1914)
Type species: Alasmodonta ambigua Say, 1825 = Simpsonaias ambigua

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta arcaeformis ‘Heude’ of Authors = Sinanodonta lauta

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 178.
Zhang et al., 2013. World Sci. Tech.-Mod. Traditional Chinese Med. 15(3): 376.
Sayenko et al., 2017. Biol. Bulletin 44(3): 367 [as ‘Anemina arcaeformis’].
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024. Egypt. J. Zool. 81: 22.
Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon arcaeformis Heude, 1877)

Margaritana connasaugensis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 269, pl. 81, figs. 7-8.
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Figs. 2-3.
(error for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)

Anemina euscaphys ‘Heude’ of Authors = Anemina arcaeformis

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S1. [in part]
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
(reference to Anodon euscaphys Heude, 1879)

Strophitus undulatus ‘Say’ of Authors = Strophitus howellsi

‘Say’ of Authors.
Smith et al., 2018. MPE 119: 51. [in part]
Gasparini et al., 2020. Environmental DNA 2(3): Table S1.
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)

Alasmidonta uwharriensis Whelan, Perkins & Mays in Whelan et al., 2023 = Alasmidonta uwharriensis

Whelan, Perkins & Mays in Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): [21], fig. 6.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta arcula (Lea, 1838)

+ Alasmidonta triangulata ‘Lea’ of Authors

Alasmidonta atropurpurea (Rafinesque, 1831)

Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea, 1830) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964

There are 62 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Alasmidonta robusta Clarke, 1981

Alasmidonta uwharriensis Whelan, Perkins & Mays

Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819)

+ Alasmidonta undulata ‘Say’ of Authors

Alasmidonta wrightiana (Walker, 1901)