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Genus of bivalves

Alasmidonta

Alasmidonta raveneliana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Tribe:	Anodontini
Genus:	Alasmidonta Say, 1818

Alasmidonta is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Species within the genus Alasmodonta

Altamaha arcmussel, Alasmidonta arcula (I. Lea, 1838)
Cumberland elktoe, Alasmidonta atropurpurea (Rafinesque, 1831)
Dwarf wedgemussel, Alasmidonta heterodon (I. Lea, 1830)
Elktoe, Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
Coosa elktoe, Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964
Appalachian elktoe, Alasmidonta raveneliana (I. Lea, 1834)
Carolina elktoe, Alasmidonta robusta Clarke, 1981
Southern elktoe, Alasmidonta triangulata (I. Lea, 1858)
Triangle floater, Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817)
Brook floater, Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819)
Slippershell mussel, Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)
Ochlockonee arcmussel, Alasmidonta wrightiana (Walker, 1901)

Gallery

Elktoe,
Alasmidonta marginata
Slippershell mussel,
Alasmidonta viridis

References

"Alasmidonta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Taxon identifiers
Alasmidonta	Wikidata: Q3018009 Wikispecies: Alasmidonta BOLD: 5257 CoL: 7NNFN EoL: 50243 GBIF: 2287884 iNaturalist: 86304 IRMNG: 1009025 ITIS: 79915 NCBI: 52386 Open Tree of Life: 342700 Paleobiology Database: 91099 WoRMS: 571695

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