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

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species Alasminota holstonia (Lea, 1838): synonymy
     2 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 42, pl. 13, fig. 37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86320, Holston R., Tenn.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann (1914)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstoniaThiele (1934)
Lasmigona badiaMorrison (1969)
Lasmigona holstoniaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Alasminota holstoniaFMCS (2025), Gordon (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Alasmodonta impressa J.G. Anthony, 1865
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 157, pl. 12, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_150666, Tennessee.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) georgianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaHaas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaClarke (1985)
Lasmigona holstoniaParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Alasminota holstoniaGordon (2025)

Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia Frierson, 1927
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 19.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 399.
(misidentified reference to Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831)

Alasminota holstoniaGordon (2025)

Unio holstonianus Hanley, 1843
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 213.
(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona holstoniaParmalee & Bogan (1998)
Alasminota holstoniaGordon (2025)

Margaritana holstoniana Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 302.
(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona holstoniaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Unio holstonianus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 398.
(error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaClarke (1985)
Alasminota holstoniaGordon (2025)

Lasmigona holstonia etowahensis Campbell et al., 2005
‘Lea’ Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): 154.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstoniaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) georgianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann (1914)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badiaOrtmann (1918), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstoniaOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badiaFrierson (1927)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstoniaThiele (1934)
Lasmigona badiaMorrison (1969)
Lasmigona holstoniaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Alasminota holstoniaFMCS (2025), Gordon (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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