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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Prolasmidonta

species Prolasmidonta heterodon (Lea, 1829): synonymy

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Unio heterodon Lea, 1829

specimen image from publicationLea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 428, pl. 8, fig. 11.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ANSP_41004, Schuylkill [River] and Derby [sic] Creek, Pennsylvania.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) heterodonSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Simpson (1914), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta heterodonOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Clarke (1970), R.I. Johnson (1980), ... Wu et al. (2021), Hata et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Alasmidonta (Prolasmidonta) heterodonFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Alasmodonta (sec. Prolasmidonta) heterodonThiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) heterodonBurch (1975)
Prolasmidonta heterodonWu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), FMCS (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) heterodonSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Simpson (1914), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta heterodonOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Clarke (1970), R.I. Johnson (1980), ... Wu et al. (2021), Hata et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Alasmidonta (Prolasmidonta) heterodonFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Alasmodonta (sec. Prolasmidonta) heterodonThiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) heterodonBurch (1975)
Prolasmidonta heterodonWu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Hou et al. (2024), FMCS (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025)

 
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