MolluscaBase - Unio (Alasmodon) G. B. Sowerby I, 1824

MolluscaBase name details

Unio (Alasmodon) G. B. Sowerby I, 1824

AphiaID

1306533 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1306533)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid: unjustified emendation)

Accepted name

Alasmidonta Say, 1818

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Unio Philipsson, 1788

Original name

Alasmodon G. B. Sowerby I, 1824

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Species Unio (Alasmodon) dahuricus Middendorff, 1850 accepted as Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850) (original combination)
Species Unio (Alasmodon) evansi A. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Velesunio ambiguus (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (junior synonym)
Species Unio (Alasmodon) stuarti A. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Velesunio wilsonii (I. Lea, 1859) (junior synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Alasmodon G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1824). Some observations on the Lamarckian Naiades, and the propriety of uniting them all under one generic name. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1: 53–55 [March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570780
page(s): 55 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio (Alasmodon) G.B. Sowerby I, 1824. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1306533 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-10-25 23:20:07Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2020-06-09 10:59:50Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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original description (of Alasmodon G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1824). Some observations on the Lamarckian Naiades, and the propriety of uniting them all under one generic name. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1: 53–55 [March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570780
page(s): 55 [details]