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Pressodonta viridis  (Rafinesque, 1820)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1216640

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)
  
    Alasmidonta calceolus (Lea, 1828)
  
    Alasmidonta minor (Lea, 1845)
  
    Unio viridis Rafinesque, 1820
  
    Unio calceolus Lea, 1828
  
    Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838
  
    Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840
  
    Margaritana minor Lea, 1845
  
    Unio diversus Conrad, 1856
  
    Unio viridis fuscata Rafinesque, 1820
  
    Unio viridis radiata Rafinesque, 1820
  
    Alasmidonta calceolus magnalacustris F. C. Baker, 1928
  
    Alasmidonta calceolus danielsi F. C. Baker, 1928
  
  Common Name(s): slippershell mussel [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                               FamilyUnionidae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                  SubfamilyUnioninae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                     TribeAnodontini Rafinesque, 1820  
                                        GenusPressodonta Simpson, 1900  
                                           SpeciesPressodonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) – slippershell mussel  
       

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  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site (2023), website (version 15Nov2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Graf, D. L. & K. S. Cummings. 2023. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), accessed 15 Nov 2023. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Pressodonta viridis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Whelan, Nathan V., Nathan A. Johnson, Ashanté S. Williams, Michael A. Perkins, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Hidden in the hills: phylogeny of the freshwater mussel genus Alasmidonta (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and description of a new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 198, no. 2   
  Page(s): 650-676   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0024-4082   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac106   
  Reference for: Pressodonta viridis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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