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Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
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
species
Alasmidonta marginata

Name

Synonyms
Alasmidonta marginata susquehannae Ortmann, 1919
Alasmidonta marginata truncata (B.H.Wright, 1898)
Alasmidonta marginata variabilis F.C.Baker, 1928
Alasmidonta scriptum (Rafinesque, 1831)
Alasmidonta truncata (B.H.Wright, 1898)
Alasmodonta marginata Say, 1818
Alasmodonta truncata (B.H.Wright, 1898)
Decurambis marginata (Say, 1818)
Decurambis scriptum Rafinesque, 1831
Margarita marginata (Say, 1818)
Margaritana marginata (Say, 1818)
Margaritana marginata truncata B.H.Wright, 1898
Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H.Wright, 1898
Margaron marginata (Say, 1818)
Mya rugulosus W.Wood, 1828
Unio calceolus sciotincola De Gregorio, 1914
Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828
Homonyms
Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
Common names
Elktoe in English
elktoe in English
elktoe in English
elktoe in English
Elktoe in English
elktoe in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Branson, B. A. (1966). <i>Alasmidonta marginata</i> and <i>Ptychobranchus fasciolaris</i> in Kansas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 80(1): 21-24.
  2. Fox, W. J. (1901). The locality of Say's type of <i>Alasmidonta marginata</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(4): 47.
  3. Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings, 2007: Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4. 291-314.
  4. InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
  5. InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
  6. InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
  7. 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
  8. Simpson, C. T. (1901). <i>Alasmidonta marginata</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(2): 16-17.
  9. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
  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. Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp.
  12. Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp.
  13. Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp.
  14. Williams, James D., Arthur E. Bogan, and Jeffrey T. Garner, 2008: null. Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. xv + 908.
  15. Williams, James D., Melvin L. Warren, Kevin S. Cummings, John L. Harris, and Richard J. Neves, 1993: Conservation status of the freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada. Fisheries, vol. 18, no. 9. 6-22.
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