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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 | Sulcularia species Sulcularia viridis (Rafinesque, 1820): synonymy 7 specimens Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 293. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 39. Type(s): NEOTYPE USNM_86261A (by Clarke, 1981: 28), Ohio.
— Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Burch (1975) Symphynota viridis — Vanatta (1915) Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Lasmigona (Platynaias) viridis — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Lasmigona (Platynaias) viridis viridis — Haas (1969) Alasmidonta viridis — Morrison (1969), Oesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025) Alasmidonta calceolus — R.I. Johnson (1980) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007) Pressodonta viridis — FMCS (2025) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 294. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 39. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820) Type(s): TYPE ANSP_20219, Riv. Kentucky.
Symphynota viridis — Vanatta (1915) — Vanatta (1915) Lasmigona (Platynaias) viridis viridis — Haas (1969) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820 Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 294. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 39. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820)
— Vanatta (1915) Lasmigona (Platynaias) viridis viridis — Haas (1969) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Unio calceolus Lea, 1828
 Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 265, pl. 3, fig. 1. (renamed Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840) Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86261 (by Clarke, 1981: 17), Ohio.
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola — Simpson (1900), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970) Unio (Margaritana) deltoidea — Call (1900) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus — Simpson (1914), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969) Unio calceolus — de Gregorio (1914) Alasmidonta calceolus — Utterback (1915), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980), ITIS (2012) Calceola calceolus — Walker (1918) Alasmodonta (sec. Pressodonta) calceola — Thiele (1934) Alasmidonta viridis — Morrison (1969), Oesch (1984), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) Alasmidonta (s.s.) calceola — Burch (1975) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Lasmigona viridis Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80. (homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820)
Alasmidonta viridis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Watters et al. (2009) Lasmigona (s.s.) costata-viridis — Frierson (1927) Lasmigona (Platynaias) compressa — F.C. Baker (1928) Lasmigona (s.s.) costata — Haas (1969) Lasmigona compressa — Clarke (1973) — Burch (1975) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Lasmigona viridis var. chloris Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Lasmigona viridis Rafinesque, 1831)
Alasmidonta viridis — Watters et al. (2009) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Lasmigona viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80. (homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Lasmigona viridis Rafinesque, 1831)
Alasmidonta viridis — Watters et al. (2009) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Lasmigona viridis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80. (homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Lasmigona viridis Rafinesque, 1831)
Alasmidonta viridis — Watters et al. (2009) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831 Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5. Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 81. Type(s): NEOTYPE UMMZ_306757, Dix River ~100 m downstream from the confluence with Logan Creek, Logantown, Lincoln County, Kentucky.
Alasmidonta badium — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia — Ortmann (1918), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Clarke (1985) — Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975) Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia — Frierson (1927) Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstonia — Thiele (1934) Lasmigona badia — Morrison (1969) Lasmigona holstonia — R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1834 Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??. (misidentified reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola — Frierson (1927) | |
Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 44. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 43, pl. 13, fig. 38. Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86215 (by Clarke, 1981: 17), Scioto R., Ohio.
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola — Simpson (1900), Frierson (1927) Unio (Margaritana) deltoidea — Call (1900) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus — Simpson (1914), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969) Alasmidonta calceolus — Utterback (1915) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Clarke (1981) Alasmidonta viridis — Oesch (1984), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 382. (new name for Unio calceolus Lea, 1828)
— Simpson (1914) Calceola calceolus — Walker (1918) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Clarke (1981) Alasmidonta viridis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Margaritana minor Lea, 1845
Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 165.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 82 [56], pl. 8, fig. 26. Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86224 (by Clarke, 1981: 18), N.C.
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925) Alasmidonta minor — Ortmann (1912), ITIS (2012) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola-minor — Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus — Haas (1969) Alasmidonta calceolus — R.I. Johnson (1980) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Clarke (1981) Alasmidonta viridis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Unio diversus Conrad, 1856 Conrad, 1856. Amer. J. Sci. 21: 172.
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) diversa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) — Ortmann (1925) Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) diversa — Frierson (1927) Lasmigona (Sulcularia) diversa — Haas (1969) Alasmidonta viridis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus danielsi F.C. Baker, 1928
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 187, pl. 69, fig. 2; pl. 72, figs. 7-11. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio calceolus Lea, 1828) Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) INHS_82276, Moots Creek, White County, Indiana.
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus danielsi — F.C. Baker (1928) Alasmidonta calceolus — R.I. Johnson (1980) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Clarke (1981) Alasmidonta viridis — Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus magnalacustris F.C. Baker, 1928
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 188, pl. 69, fig. 3; 72, figs. 12-16. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio calceolus Lea, 1828) Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209215, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus magnalacustris — F.C. Baker (1928) Alasmidonta calceolus — R.I. Johnson (1980) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Clarke (1981) Alasmidonta viridis — Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Unio triqueter Short & Eaton, 1831 Short & Eaton, 1831. Transylvania J. Med. Assoc. Sci. 1831: ??. (misidentified reference to Truncilla triqueter Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834 ‘Say’ Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 73. (intro'd as syn of Alasmodonta radiata Conrad, 1834)
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola — Simpson (1900), Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus — Simpson (1914), Haas (1969) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Clarke (1981) Alasmidonta viridis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025) | |
Unio calciolus Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, footnote. (error for Unio calceolus Lea, 1828) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Vanatta (1915), Ortmann (1925), Burch (1975) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola — Simpson (1900), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970) Unio (Margaritana) deltoidea — Call (1900) Alasmidonta viridis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Morrison (1969), Oesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Perkins et al. (2025) Alasmidonta badium — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Alasmidonta (Rugifera) marginata — Simpson (1900) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1914), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) diversa — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Alasmidonta minor — Ortmann (1912), ITIS (2012) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus — Simpson (1914), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969) Unio calceolus — de Gregorio (1914) Symphynota viridis — Vanatta (1915) Alasmidonta calceolus — Utterback (1915), Gordon et al. (1979), Mathiak (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Mackie et al. (1980), ITIS (2012) Calceola calceolus — Walker (1918) Lasmigona (Sulcularia) badia — Ortmann (1918), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridis — Ortmann & Walker (1922) Lasmigona (Alasminota) holstonia — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), Clarke (1985) Lasmigona (Platynaias) viridis — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969) Lasmigona (s.s.) costata-viridis — Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia — Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola-minor — Frierson (1927) Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) diversa — Frierson (1927) Lasmigona (Platynaias) compressa — F.C. Baker (1928) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus danielsi — F.C. Baker (1928) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus magnalacustris — F.C. Baker (1928) Alasmodonta (sec. Pressodonta) calceola — Thiele (1934) Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstonia — Thiele (1934) Lasmigona (Platynaias) viridis viridis — Haas (1969) Lasmigona (s.s.) costata — Haas (1969) Lasmigona badia — Morrison (1969) Lasmigona (Sulcularia) diversa — Haas (1969) Lasmigona compressa — Clarke (1973) Alasmidonta (s.s.) calceola — Burch (1975) Lasmigona holstonia — R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis — Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007) Pressodonta viridis — FMCS (2025) Sulcularia viridis — Gordon (2025)
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