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

nominal species Symphynota inflata Lea, 1831

image of type lot

Symphynota inflata Lea, 1831 = Potamilus inflatus

specimen image from publicationLea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 99 [109], pl. 14, fig. 28.
(renamed Unio alabamensis Conrad, 1834)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_83909, Claiborne, Ala.

= Potamilus inflatus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2025

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Potamilus inflatusHauck et al., 2023

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2021

= Potamilus inflatusSmith et al., 2020

= Potamilus inflatusJohnson & Smith, 2020

= Potamilus inflatusSmith & Johnson, 2020

= Potamilus inflatusSmith et al., 2019

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2017

= Potamilus inflatus (I. Lea, 1831) — ITIS, 2012

= Potamilus inflatusHaag, 2012

= Potamilus inflatus Lea, 1831 — Bogan, 2010

= Potamilus inflatusCummings & Graf, 2010

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2008

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Potamilus inflatus (I. Lea, 1831) — Zanatta & Murphy, 2006

= Potamilus inflatus (I. Lea) — Jones et al., 2005

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea) — Lydeard et al., 1999

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Potamilus inflatus (I. Lea, 1831) — Roe & Lydeard, 1998

= Potamilus inflatus I. Lea, 1831 — IUCN, 1996

= Potamilus inflatus (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Vidrine, 1993

= Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Proptera inflata (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969

= Proptera inflata (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (Proptera) inflata (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) alabamensis (Conrad, 1834) — Simpson, 1900

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

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

= Unio inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio (Metaptera) inflats Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Metaptera inflata (Lea) — Conrad, 1853

= Metaptera inflataAgassiz, 1852

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

= Unio inflatus Lea — Küster, 1848

= Unio inflatus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) inflatus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) inflatus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836

= Unio inflata (Lea, 1831) — Conrad, 1836

= Symphynota inflata Lea — Ferussac, 1835

= Symphynota inflataJay, 1835

 
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