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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus leptodon

nominal species Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829

image of type lot

Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829 = Potamilus leptodon

specimen image from publicationLea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 453, pl. 11, fig. 21.
Type(s): PARATYPE USNM_86052, Cincinnati, Ohio.

= Potamilus leptodon

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Oesch, 1984

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — F.C. Baker, 1928

+ Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1924

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Lasmonos leptodon (Rafinesque) — Utterback, 1916

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio (Symphynota) tenuissima Lea ! — de Gregorio, 1914

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) tenuissimus (Lea, 1829) — Call, 1900

= Unio tenuissimus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Unio (Limnium sec. Leptodea) tenuissima (Lea) — Fischer, 1887

= Unio tenuissimus Lea — Lewis, 1871

= Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio tenuissimus (Lea, 1829) — Sowerby, 1866

+ Unio leptodon Rafinesque — Küster, 1861

= Unio tenuissimus Lea — Lapham, 1860

= Unio tenuissimus (Lea) — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Leptodea leptodon Raf. — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio tenuissimus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829 — Swainson, 1840

= Margarita (Unio) tenuissimus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) tenuissimus (Lea, 1829) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 — Conrad, 1836

+ Symphynota leptodon Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Symphynota tenuissimaJay, 1835

= Symphynota tenuissimaLea, 1829

 
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