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

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species Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964: synonymy
     1 specimen

Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964
Athearn, 1964. Nautilus 77(4): 134, pl. 9, figs. a-b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) NMC_20094, Coosa River, Ten Island Shoals, just below old Lock 2 Dam, three and two-tenths miles south of Greenport, St. Clair County, Alabama.

Alasmidonta mccordiAthearn (1964), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... FMCS (2021), Williams et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) mccordiBurch (1975)
Alasmidonta (Alasmidens) mccordiClarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta maccordiTurgeon et al. (1988)

Alasmidonta maccordi Turgeon et al., 1988
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 28.
(error for Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta mccordiAthearn (1964), Williams et al. (1993), Bogan (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lydeard et al. (1999), ... FMCS (2021), Williams et al. (2022), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) mccordiBurch (1975)
Alasmidonta (Alasmidens) mccordiClarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta maccordiTurgeon et al. (1988)

 
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