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

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

Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Frierson, 1914: 7) = Sulcularia viridis

Calceola Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, 382 (footnote).
(homonym of Lamarck, 1799 [Anthozoa])
Type species: Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840 (monotypy) = Sulcularia viridis

Pressodonta Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 667.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 495.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Alasmidonta Say, 1818; new name for Hemiodon Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Unio calceolus Lea, 1828 (orig. desig.) = Sulcularia viridis

Sulcataria Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 673.
(error for Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), ... Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
AlasmidontaSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Utterback (1915), Morrison (1969), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera)Simpson (1900)
Unio (Margaritana)Call (1900)
Uniode Gregorio (1914)
SymphynotaVanatta (1915)
CalceolaWalker (1918)
Lasmigona (Sulcularia)Ortmann (1918), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias)Ortmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Alasminota)Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Clarke (1985)
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia)Frierson (1927)
Lasmigona (s.s.)Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Alasmodonta (sec. Pressodonta)Thiele (1934)
Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia)Thiele (1934)
LasmigonaMorrison (1969), Clarke (1973), R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008)
Alasmidonta (s.s.)Burch (1975)
PressodontaFMCS (2025)
SulculariaGordon (2025)

 
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