Alasmidonta Say, 1818

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Say, T. (1818). Description of a new genus of fresh water bivalve shells. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1(2): 459–460. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=221425

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Unionida

family

Unionidae

genus

Alasmidonta

Name

Synonyms

Alasmadonta Jay, 1835

Alasmedonta Gray, 1847

Alasmesodonta Gray, 1847

Alasmidens A.H.Clarke, 1981

Alasmisodonta De Blainville, 1825

Alasmodon G.B.Sowerby I, 1824

Alasmodon Thomson, 1820

Alasmodonta Say, 1819

Alismadon Fleming, 1828

Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846

Anelasmodonta Herrmannsen, 1846

Bullella C.T.Simpson, 1900

Calceola Swainson, 1840

Decurambis Rafinesque, 1831

Jugosus C.T.Simpson, 1914

Monodonta Say, 1817

Pressodonta C.T.Simpson, 1900

Prolasmidonta Ortmann, 1914

Rugifera C.T.Simpson, 1900

Uniopsis Swainson, 1840

Homonyms

Alasmidonta Say, 1818

Common names

Elktoe in English

elktoe in English

Bibliographic References

1. Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. <em>Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences.</em> 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9.
2. CoL 2006
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6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
7. SN2000/Boss, 1982
8. SN2000/Boss, 1982, PaleoDB
9. Say, T. (1818). Description of a new genus of fresh water bivalve shells. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1(2): 459-460
10. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
11. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
12. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
13. WoRMS (Mar 2013)