MolluscaBase taxon details
Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
857376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857376)
accepted
Species
Lampsilis (Proptera) alata (Say, 1817) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Proptera) alatus (Say, 1817) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) alatus (Say, 1817) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) alatus (Say, 1817) · unaccepted
Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Proptera alata (Say, 1817) · unaccepted
Proptera alata megaptera (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Unio (Symphynota) alatus Say, 1817 · unaccepted
Unio alatoides I. Lea, 1868 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio alatus Say, 1817 · unaccepted
(of Unio alatus Say, 1817) Say, T. (1817). Conchology. - In: Nicholson, W.: American edition of the British Encyclopedia, or, dictionary of arts and sciences comprising an accurate and popular view of the present improved state of human knowledge. First Edition, A-3 - C-6 [= 1-20], pl. [1-4].
page(s): [unpaginated], pl. 4 fig. 2 [details]
page(s): [unpaginated], pl. 4 fig. 2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857376 on 2025-03-30
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original description
(of Unio alatus Say, 1817) Say, T. (1817). Conchology. - In: Nicholson, W.: American edition of the British Encyclopedia, or, dictionary of arts and sciences comprising an accurate and popular view of the present improved state of human knowledge. First Edition, A-3 - C-6 [= 1-20], pl. [1-4].
page(s): [unpaginated], pl. 4 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio alatoides I. Lea, 1868 †) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of Unionidae from the Lower Cretaceous Formation of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 162-164 [after 30 June 1868, before 2 December 1868]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768311
page(s): 164 [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. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 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): [unpaginated], pl. 4 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio alatoides I. Lea, 1868 †) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of Unionidae from the Lower Cretaceous Formation of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 162-164 [after 30 June 1868, before 2 December 1868]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768311
page(s): 164 [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. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- From editor or global species database
- New Jersey [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pink heelsplitter | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Metaptera megaptera. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 300 - catalog no. 20211) (from synonym Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820)
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Conchology (Potamilus alatus)
To Conchology (Potamilus alatus)
To Conchology (Potamilus alatus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamilus alatus)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 23844 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) United States, Minnesota, Dakota County, Northfield, C...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 854163 Exterior) (from synonym Proptera alata (Say, 1817))
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Conchology (Potamilus alatus)
To Conchology (Potamilus alatus)
To Conchology (Potamilus alatus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamilus alatus)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 23844 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) United States, Minnesota, Dakota County, Northfield, C...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 854163 Exterior) (from synonym Proptera alata (Say, 1817))
