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Unionidae

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Gordon (2025): summary

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Full Citation

Gordon, M. 2025. Alasmodon badium Rafinesque, 1831 (Bivalvia: Unionidae): identification and generic implications. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (746): 1-4. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasminota holstonia (Lea, 1838)
+ Unio holstonianus Hanley, 1843
+ Alasmodonta impressa J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Unio holstonianus Sowerby, 1868
+ Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia Frierson, 1927

Sulcularia viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828
+ Lasmigona viridis Rafinesque, 1831
+ Lasmigona viridis var. chloris Rafinesque, 1831
+ Lasmigona viridis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1831
+ Lasmigona viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1831
+ Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831
+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834
+ Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838
+ Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840
+ Margaritana minor Lea, 1845
+ Unio diversus Conrad, 1856
+ Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus danielsi F.C. Baker, 1928
+ Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus magnalacustris F.C. Baker, 1928

 
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