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

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Publication Whelan et al. (2023): summary
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Complete Citation

Whelan, N.V., N.A. Johnson, A.S. Williams, M.A. Perkins, C.E. Beaver & J.W. Mays. 2023. Hidden in the hills: phylogeny of the freshwater mussel genus Alasmidonta (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198(2): 650-676. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Simpsonais Whelan et al., 2023
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1.
(error for Simpsonaias Frierson, 1914)

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmidonta uwharriensis Whelan et al., 2023
Whelan, Perkins & Mays in Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): [21], fig. 6.

Anemina euscaphys Huang et al., 2019
‘Heude’ of Authors.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S1. [in part]
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
(reference to Anodon euscaphys Heude, 1879)

Anodonta arcaeformis Soroka, 2010
‘Heude’ of Authors.
Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 178.
Zhang et al., 2013. World Sci. Tech.-Mod. Traditional Chinese Med. 15(3): 376.
Sayenko et al., 2017. Biol. Bulletin 44(3): 367 [as ‘Anemina arcaeformis’].
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon arcaeformis Heude, 1877)

Margaritana connasaugensis Clessin, 1876
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 269, pl. 81, figs. 7-8.
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Figs. 2-3.
(error for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858)

Strophitus undulatus Smith et al., 2018
‘Say’ of Authors.
Smith et al., 2018. MPE 119: 51. [in part]
Gasparini et al., 2020. Environmental DNA 2(3): Table S1.
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta arcula (Lea, 1838)

Alasmidonta atropurpurea (Rafinesque, 1831)

Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea, 1830) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964

Alasmidonta raveneliana (Lea, 1834)

Alasmidonta robusta Clarke, 1981

Alasmidonta triangulata (Lea, 1858)

Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817)

Alasmidonta uwharriensis Whelan, Perkins & Mays

Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819)

Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pressodonta viridis

Alasmidonta wrightiana (Walker, 1901)

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta arcaeformis = Anemina arcaeformis
+ Anodonta arcaeformis var. flavotincta Martens, 1905

Anodonta arcaeformis = Buldowskia flavotincta

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta euscaphys = Anemina arcaeformis

Anodonta exulcerata

Anodonta implicata = Utterbackiana implicata

Anodonta impura

Anodonta kennerlyi

Anodonta lucida = Sinanodonta lucida

Anodonta nuttalliana

Anodonta oregonensis

Anodontoides denigrata = Anodontoides denigratus

Anodontoides ferussacianus

Arcidens confragosus

Arcidens wheeleri

Cristaria plicata

Lasmigona complanata

Lasmigona compressa = Platynaias compressa

Lasmigona costata

Lasmigona etowaensis = Alasminota etowaensis

Lasmigona holstonia = Alasminota holstonia

Lasmigona subviridis = Platynaias subviridis

Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Pyganodon cataracta

Pyganodon grandis

Pyganodon lacustris

Simpsonais [sic] ambigua = Simpsonaias ambigua

Sinanodonta tumens

Sinanodonta woodiana

Strophitus cf. pascagoulaensis = Strophitus pascagoulaensis

Strophitus pascagoulaensis

Strophitus radiatus

Strophitus undulatus

Strophitus williamsi

Utterbackia imbecillis

Utterbackia peggyae

Utterbackia peninsularis

Utterbackiana couperiana

Utterbackiana hartfieldorum

Utterbackiana heardi

Utterbackiana suborbiculata

 
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