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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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2 specimens Unio cariosa Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 80, sp. 44, var. 2. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio cariosus Say, 1817)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) varicosa — Simpson (1914) | |
Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, sp. 36.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_002, la rivière de Schuglkill [Schuylkill], pres de Philadelphie [Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania].
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900)
Alasmidonta marginata var. varicosa — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata varicosa — Ortmann (1909)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) varicosa — Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) varicosa — Ortmann & Walker (1922), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Decurambis marginata-varicosa — Frierson (1927)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Haas (1969)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) varicosa — Burch (1975)
Alasmidonta varicosa — R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Hou et al. (2024), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025) | |
Alasmodon corrugata De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 198, pl. 24, figs. 259.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_003, Passaic River.
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) varicosa — Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) varicosa — Ortmann & Walker (1922), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1981)
Decurambis marginata — Frierson (1927)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Haas (1969)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) varicosa — Burch (1975)
Alasmidonta marginata — Oesch (1984)
Alasmidonta varicosa — Strayer & Jirka (1997) | |
Alasmidonta undulata Perkins et al., 2025
‘Say’ of Authors.
Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio undulata Say, 1817)
Alasmidonta varicosa — Whelan et al. (2023) | |
Alasmodon marginata De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 196, pl. 14, fig. 225.
(misidentified reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900)
Decurambis marginata-varicosa — Frierson (1927) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900)
Alasmidonta marginata var. varicosa — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata varicosa — Ortmann (1909)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) varicosa — Simpson (1914)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) varicosa — Ortmann & Walker (1922), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Decurambis marginata-varicosa — Frierson (1927)
Decurambis marginata — Frierson (1927)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Haas (1969)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) varicosa — Burch (1975)
Alasmidonta varicosa — R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Hou et al. (2024), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025)
Alasmidonta marginata — Oesch (1984)
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