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

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genus Lasmigona Rafinesque, 1831: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Amblasmodon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 78.
(correct name for Amblamodon Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Amblasmodon hians Rafinesque, 1831 (monotypy) = Lasmigona costata

Lasmigona Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 78.
(renamed Elasmogona Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Alasmidonta costata Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 664) = Lasmigona costata

Amblamodon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80.
(incorrect original spelling of Amblasmodon Rafinesque, 1831)

Amblasmadon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
(error for Amblasmodon Rafinesque, 1831)

Elasmogona Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 135.
(new name for Lasmigona Rafinesque, 1831)

Alasmodon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.

Amblamadon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.

Elasmogena Herrmannsen, 1852
‘Ag.’ Herrmannsen, 1852. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 49.
(error for Elasmogona Agassiz, 1846)

Elasmigena Clarke, 1985
‘Herrmannsen’ Clarke, 1985. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (399): 2.
(error for Elasmogena Herrmannsen, 1852)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Symphynota (Lasmigona)Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Simpson (1914)
AlasmidontaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Margaritana)Call (1900)
SymphynotaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1915)
Lasmigona (s.s.)Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), ... Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
LasmigonaMurray & Leonard (1962), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979), ... Hnytka et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)

 
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