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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Alasminota 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) holstonia — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Symphynota (Alasminota) holstonia — Ortmann (1914) Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia — Ortmann (1918), Haas (1969) Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007) Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia — Frierson (1927) Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstonia — Thiele (1934) Lasmigona badia — Morrison (1969) Lasmigona holstonia — Burch (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 holstonia — FMCS (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) georgiana — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia — Frierson (1927) Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia — Haas (1969) Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia — Clarke (1985) Lasmigona holstonia — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Alasminota holstonia — Gordon (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 holstonia — Gordon (2025) | |
Unio holstonianus Hanley, 1843 Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 213. (error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstonia — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Lasmigona holstonia — Parmalee & Bogan (1998) Alasminota holstonia — Gordon (2025) | |
Margaritana holstoniana Küster, 1862 ‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 302. (error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstonia — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Lasmigona holstonia — Parmalee & Bogan (1998) | |
Unio holstonianus Sowerby, 1868
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 398. (error for Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) holstonia — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia — Frierson (1927) Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia — Clarke (1985) Alasminota holstonia — Gordon (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) holstonia — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) georgiana — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Symphynota (Alasminota) holstonia — Ortmann (1914) Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia — Ortmann (1918), Haas (1969) Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007) Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia — Frierson (1927) Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstonia — Thiele (1934) Lasmigona badia — Morrison (1969) Lasmigona holstonia — Burch (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 holstonia — FMCS (2025), Gordon (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
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