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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Prolasmidonta Ortmann, 1914: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Simpson (1914), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta — Ortmann (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) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970)
Alasmodonta (sec. Prolasmidonta) — Thiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) — Burch (1975)
Prolasmidonta — Wu 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), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Wu et al. (2026)