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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

genus Alasmidonta Say, 1818: species
     11 available nominal genus synonyms (21 total synonyms) | cladomics

Alasmidonta arcula (Lea, 1838)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (2 + 13 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Altamaha River, Georgia, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Endangered A2ce
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta atropurpurea (Rafinesque, 1831)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Cumberland River, Ketucky and Tennessee, USA. (North America)
IUCN Red List: Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii)
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
syonymy (7 available, 11 total) | specimens (3 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Widespread in the Interior Basin, including the Great Lakes, USA and Canada. Introduced to the Hudson River via the Erie Canal, although assumed to be native to the Susquehanna. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Coosa River, Alabama, USA. Extinct. (North America)
IUCN Red List: Extinct
NatureServe: GX
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta raveneliana (Lea, 1834)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Tennessee River, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 18S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A2ac
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta robusta Clarke, 1981
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Catawba Basin, North and South Carolina, USA. Extinct. (North America)
IUCN Red List: Extinct
NatureServe: GX
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta triangulata (Lea, 1858)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Apalachicola and Chipola rivers, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817)
syonymy (5 available, 8 total) | specimens (1)
Range: From Nova Scotia, Canada south to Georgia, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta uwharriensis Whelan, Perkins & Mays in Whelan et al., 2023
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Pee Dee River, Atlantic Slope, North Carolina, USA (North America)
Genbank sequences: 18S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819)
syonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (2)
Range: From Nova Scotia, Canada south to Georgia, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 18S, COI, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2bc
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase

Alasmidonta wrightiana (Walker, 1901)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Ochlockonee River, Florida, USA. Extinct. (North America)
IUCN Red List: Extinct
NatureServe: GH
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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