MolluscaBase taxon details
Pressodonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)
1819363 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1819363)
accepted
Species
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceola (I. Lea, 1830) · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending, species...)
incorrect gender ending, species epithet is a noun
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) diversa (Conrad, 1856) · unaccepted
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) minor (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) diversa (Conrad, 1856) · unaccepted
Alasmidonta calceolus (I. Lea, 1830) · unaccepted
Alasmidonta calceolus danielsi F. C. Baker, 1928 · unaccepted
Alasmidonta calceolus minor (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Alasmidonta deltoidea (I. Lea, 1838) · unaccepted
Alasmidonta minor (I. Lea, 1845) · unaccepted
Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Alasmodonta (Pressodonta) calceola (I. Lea, 1830) · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending, species...)
incorrect gender ending, species epithet is a noun
Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Calceola calceolus (I. Lea, 1830) · unaccepted
Calceola truncata Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Lasmigona (Sulcularia) diversa (Conrad, 1856) · unaccepted
Margarita (Margaritana) calceolus (I. Lea, 1830) · unaccepted
Margarita (Margaritana) deltoidea (I. Lea, 1838) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaritana deltoidea I. Lea, 1838 · unaccepted
Margaritana minor I. Lea, 1845 · unaccepted
Margaron (Margaritana) calceola (I. Lea, 1830) · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending, species...)
incorrect gender ending, species epithet is a noun
Margaron (Margaritana) deltoidea (I. Lea, 1838) · unaccepted (recombination)
Symphynota (Symphynota) viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Unio (Elliptio) viridis fuscata Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Unio (Elliptio) viridis radiata Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Unio calceolus I. Lea, 1827 · unaccepted
Unio diversus Conrad, 1856 · unaccepted
(of Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 293 [details]
page(s): 293 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pressodonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1819363 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 293 [details]
original description (of Unio calceolus I. Lea, 1827) Lea I. (1827). Description of six new species of the genus <i>Unio</i>, embracing the anatomy of the oviduct of one of them, together with some anatomical observations on the genus. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 3: 259-273, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4487761
page(s): 265, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Margaritana deltoidea I. Lea, 1838) Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26881423
page(s): 43, pl. 13, fig. 38 [details]
original description (of Margaritana minor I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 165 [details]
taxonomy source Whelan, N. V., Johnson, N. A., Williams, A. S., Perkins, M. A., Beaver, C. E. & Mays, J. W. (2023). Hidden in the hills: phylogeny of the freshwater mussel genus <i>Alasmidonta</i> (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and description of a new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 198(2): 650-676., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac106
page(s): 669 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 293 [details]
original description (of Unio calceolus I. Lea, 1827) Lea I. (1827). Description of six new species of the genus <i>Unio</i>, embracing the anatomy of the oviduct of one of them, together with some anatomical observations on the genus. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 3: 259-273, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4487761
page(s): 265, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Margaritana deltoidea I. Lea, 1838) Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26881423
page(s): 43, pl. 13, fig. 38 [details]
original description (of Margaritana minor I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 165 [details]
taxonomy source Whelan, N. V., Johnson, N. A., Williams, A. S., Perkins, M. A., Beaver, C. E. & Mays, J. W. (2023). Hidden in the hills: phylogeny of the freshwater mussel genus <i>Alasmidonta</i> (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and description of a new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 198(2): 650-676., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac106
page(s): 669 [details] Available for editors
[request]| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | slippershell mussel [from synonym] | [details] |
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86215 Margaritana deltoidea Type) (from synonym Margaritana deltoidea I. Lea, 1838)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86224 Margaritana minor Holotype) (from synonym Margaritana minor I. Lea, 1845)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86261 Unio calceolus Type) (from synonym Unio calceolus I. Lea, 1827)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86224 Margaritana minor Holotype) (from synonym Margaritana minor I. Lea, 1845)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86261 Unio calceolus Type) (from synonym Unio calceolus I. Lea, 1827)
