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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Alasmidonta species Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818: synonymy 3 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 Say, 1818. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1(11): 459. Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: sp. 1. Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 62.
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Simpson (1914) Unio (Margaritana) marginata — Call (1900) Alasmidonta marginata — Fox (1901), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025) — de Gregorio (1914) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Decurambis marginata — Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (s.s.) marginata — Burch (1975) Alasmidonta sp. — Araujo et al. (2018) | |
Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828 Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 3 [as ‘Mya rugulosa’]. [nomen nudum] Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 57, pl. 1, sp. 7.
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900) Alasmidonta (Rugifera) varicosa — Simpson (1914) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) varicosa — R.I. Johnson (1970) Alasmidonta (s.s.) varicosa — Burch (1975) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Clarke (1981) Alasmidonta marginata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Decurambis scriptum Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80.
Alasmidonta scriptum — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Ortmann & Walker (1922), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007) Decurambis marginata — Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (s.s.) marginata — Burch (1975) Alasmidonta marginata — Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Alasmodonta truncata Lea, 1836 ‘Say, in lit.’ of Authors. Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 44. Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27. Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 262. (intro'd as syn of Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) truncata — Simpson (1900) Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1914) Decurambis marginata — Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Haas (1969) Alasmidonta marginata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Margaritana marginata Küster, 1862 ‘Say’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 297, pl. 99, fig. 3.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 267. (reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) truncata — Simpson (1900) Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1914) Alasmidonta marginata — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898
B.H. Wright, 1898. Nautilus 11(11): 124. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818) Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_150545, Clinch R., Va.
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) truncata — Simpson (1900) Alasmidonta marginata — Ortmann (1909), R.I. Johnson (1980), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Watters et al. (2009) Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Ortmann (1909) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata truncata — F.C. Baker (1928) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Clarke (1981) | |
Unio calceolus f.a sciotincola de Gregorio, 1914 de Gregorio, 1914. Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 54, pl. 9, figs. 3a-d. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio calceolus Lea, 1828)
Unio calceolus f.a sciotincola — de Gregorio (1914) Alasmidonta marginata — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata susquehannae Ortmann, 1919
Ortmann, 1919. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8(1): 187, pl. 12, fig. 4. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818) Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.4679 (by Parodiz, 1967: 26), Susquehanna River, Selins Grove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
Decurambis marginata — Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Haas (1969), Clarke (1981) Alasmidonta (s.s.) marginata — Burch (1975) Alasmidonta marginata — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata variabilis F.C. Baker, 1928
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 194, pl. 69, figs. 4-9. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818) Type(s): LECTOTYPE UMMZ_209183 (by Franzen, 1957: 33), Red Cedar R., Chetek, Wis.
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata variabilis — F.C. Baker (1928) Alasmidonta marginata — R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Clarke (1981) | |
Decurambis literata Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5. [nomen nudum] Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80. (intro'd as syn of Decurambis scriptum Rafinesque, 1831) | |
Mya regulosa Lea, 1836 ‘Wood’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 44. ‘Wood’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27. ‘Wood’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42. ‘Wood’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 67. (error for Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Simpson (1914) Unio (Margaritana) marginata — Call (1900) Alasmidonta scriptum — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Alasmidonta (Rugifera) truncata — Simpson (1900) Alasmidonta marginata — Fox (1901), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), ... Hopper et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2025), Perkins et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Chen et al. (2025) — de Gregorio (1914) Alasmidonta (Rugifera) varicosa — Simpson (1914) Unio calceolus f.a sciotincola — de Gregorio (1914) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata — Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Decurambis marginata — Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata truncata — F.C. Baker (1928) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata variabilis — F.C. Baker (1928) Alasmidonta (Decurambis) varicosa — R.I. Johnson (1970) Alasmidonta (s.s.) marginata — Burch (1975) Alasmidonta (s.s.) varicosa — Burch (1975) Alasmidonta sp. — Araujo et al. (2018)
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