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

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species Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817): synonymy
     1 specimen

Unio undulata Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 3, fig. 3.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [19,] pl. 3, fig. 3.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 53.

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2014), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Alasmidonta undulataOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Modell (1942), ... FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Alasmodonta undulataThiele (1934)

Unio glabratus G.B. Sowerby, 1821
‘Lamarck’ G.B. Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: pl. 86, fig. 3.
(misidentified reference to Unio glabrata Lamarck, 1819)

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981)

Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827. Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 235, pl. 54, figs. 2a-b.

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981)

Alasmodonta sculptilis Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(22): 339, sp. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 137.

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981)

Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840
‘Lea’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289 [as ‘Uniopsis radiata’].
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 382, fig. 62 [as ‘mytiloïdes’].
(renamed Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868)

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulata-mytiloidesFrierson (1927)

Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868
‘Hanley’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 76, sp. 396.
(new name for Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840; new name for Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1900-3-19-21, Hab._?

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulata-mytiloidesFrierson (1927)

Alasmodon inflata Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, footnote.
(intro'd as syn of Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840)

Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840
‘Lea’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, fig. 62.
(renamed Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868; misidentified reference to Alasmodonta radiata Conrad, 1834)

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulata-mytiloidesFrierson (1927)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Burch (1975), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2014), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Alasmidonta undulataOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), Modell (1942), ... FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) undulata-mytiloidesFrierson (1927)
Alasmodonta undulataThiele (1934)

 
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