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Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818
747094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:747094)
accepted
Genus
Unio alatus Say, 1817 accepted as Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) (type by monotypy)
Anodonta (Lastena) Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lampsilis (Leptodea) Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Proptera) Rafinesque, 1819 · unaccepted
Lasmonos Rafinesque, 1831 · unaccepted
Lastena Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Limnadea Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted
Lymnadea [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Lymnadia G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 · unaccepted
Metaptera Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Monelagmus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted
Monelasmus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted
Naidea Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Paraptera Ortmann, 1911 · unaccepted
Pareptera Ortmann, 1911 · unaccepted
Potamilus (Lastena) Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Proptera Rafinesque, 1819 · unaccepted
Stenelasma Herrmannsen, 1849 · unaccepted
Symphinota [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Symphonota [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Symphynota I. Lea, 1829 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Symphynota (Symphynota) I. Lea, 1829 · unaccepted
Unio (Leptodea) Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (original rank)
Unio (Metaptera) Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Unio (Symphynota) I. Lea, 1829 · unaccepted
- Species Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
- Species Potamilus amphichaenus (Frierson, 1898)
- Species Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)
- Species Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Potamilus inflatus (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Potamilus marshalli (MacNeil, 1935) †
- Species Potamilus metnecktayi R. I. Johnson, 1998
- Species Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Potamilus rovirosai (Pilsbry, 1900)
- Species Potamilus streckersoni C. H. Smith, N. A. Johnson, Inoue, Doyle & Randklev, 2019
- Subgenus Potamilus (Lastena) Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818
- Species Potamilus (Lastena) ohioensis (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Potamilus ohioensis (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Potamilus salinasensis (C. T. Simpson, 1908) accepted as Disconaias fimbriata (Frierson, 1907) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
masculine
Rafinesque, C.S. (1818). Discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. <em>The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 3(5): 354-356.
page(s): 355 [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747094 on 2025-03-30
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original description
Rafinesque, C.S. (1818). Discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. <em>The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 3(5): 354-356.
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Proptera Rafinesque, 1819) Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335 [details]
original description (of Metaptera 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): 299 [details]
original description (of Symphynota I. Lea, 1829) Lea I. (1829). Description of a new genus of the family of naïades, including eight species, four of which are new; also the description of eleven new species of the genus <i>Unio</i> from the rivers of the United States: with observation on some of the characters of the naïades. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 3: 403-457, pls 7-14., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4487916
page(s): 442 [details]
original description (of Lymnadia G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1839). <i>A Conchological Manual</i>. G. B. Sowerby, London, v, 130 pp., 24 pls. [pre 23 February]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87826
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Anodonta (Lastena) 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): 316 [details]
original description (of Stenelasma Herrmannsen, 1849) Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423 [details]
original description (of Unio (Leptodea) 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): 295 [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Proptera Rafinesque, 1819) Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335 [details]
original description (of Metaptera 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): 299 [details]
original description (of Symphynota I. Lea, 1829) Lea I. (1829). Description of a new genus of the family of naïades, including eight species, four of which are new; also the description of eleven new species of the genus <i>Unio</i> from the rivers of the United States: with observation on some of the characters of the naïades. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 3: 403-457, pls 7-14., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4487916
page(s): 442 [details]
original description (of Lymnadia G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1839). <i>A Conchological Manual</i>. G. B. Sowerby, London, v, 130 pp., 24 pls. [pre 23 February]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87826
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Anodonta (Lastena) 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): 316 [details]
original description (of Stenelasma Herrmannsen, 1849) Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423 [details]
original description (of Unio (Leptodea) 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): 295 [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio metaplata. Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation of a monograph of the bivalve shells of the River Ohio : 4 - catalog no. 20258) (from synonym Unio (Metaptera) Rafinesque, 1820)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptodea) (from synonym Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamilus)
To Genbank (from synonym Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptodea) (from synonym Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamilus)
To Genbank (from synonym Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820)
To Genbank
To ITIS
