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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Alasmidonta raveneliana (Lea, 1834): synonymy
     1 specimen

Margaritana raveneliana Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 106, pl. 17, fig. 50.
(renamed Unio swananoensis Hanley, 1843)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86254 (by Clarke, 1981: 73), Swananee River, North Carolina.

Alasmidonta (Rugifera) ravenelianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) ravenelianaOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Decurambis marginata-atropurpureumFrierson (1927)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginataHaas (1969)
Alasmidonta atropurpureumMorrison (1969)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) ravenelianaBurch (1975)
Alasmidonta ravenelianaR.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Unio swananoensis Hanley, 1843
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 211, pl. 23, fig. 39.
(new name for Margaritana raveneliana Lea, 1834)

Alasmidonta (Rugifera) ravenelianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Decurambis marginata-atropurpureumFrierson (1927)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginataHaas (1969)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) ravenelianaClarke (1981)
Alasmidonta ravenelianaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Rugifera) ravenelianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) ravenelianaOrtmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Decurambis marginata-atropurpureumFrierson (1927)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginataHaas (1969)
Alasmidonta atropurpureumMorrison (1969)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) ravenelianaBurch (1975)
Alasmidonta ravenelianaR.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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