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

nominal species Unio (Leptodea) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820

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Unio (Leptodea) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 = Potamilus leptodon

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus leptodon’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Plagiola) leptodon’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 295, pl. 80, figs. 5-7 [also as ‘Elliptio leptodon’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29, 40.
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20214, Kentucky River.

= Potamilus leptodon

Taxonomic Opinions

= Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Dai et al., 2025

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Chen et al., 2025

= Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2025

= Potamilus leptodonWu et al., 2024

= Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Dai et al., 2024

= Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Dai et al., 2023

= Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Potamilus leptodonWu et al., 2023

= Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Wu et al., 2022

= Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022

= Potamilus leptodonMejia-Trujillo & Smith, 2022

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Potamilus leptodonZieritz et al., 2021

= Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2021

= Leptodea leptodonWu et al., 2021

= Leptodea leptodonFukata & Iigo, 2020

= Leptodea leptodonWu et al., 2020

= Potamilus leptodonSmith et al., 2020

= Leptodea leptodonChen et al., 2020

= Leptodea leptodonTeiga-Teixeira et al., 2020

= Potamilus leptodonSmith & Johnson, 2020

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Huang et al., 2019

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Wu et al., 2019

= Leptodea leptodonLopes-Lima et al., 2019

= Leptodea leptodonFroufe et al., 2019

= Leptodea leptodonSmith et al., 2019

= Leptodea leptodonHuang et al., 2018

= Leptodea leptodonWang et al., 2018

= Leptodea leptodonWang et al., 2018

= Leptodea leptodonCha et al., 2018

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2017

= Leptodea leptodonZhou et al., 2017

= Leptodea leptodonWen et al., 2017

= Leptodea leptodonFeng et al., 2016

= Leptodea leptodonJones, 2015

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — ITIS, 2012

= Leptodea leptodonHaag, 2012

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — McMurray et al., 2012

= Leptodea leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 — Bogan, 2010

= Leptodea leptodonCummings & Graf, 2010

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

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

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Zanatta & Murphy, 2006

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Hoke, 2005

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell et al., 2005

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003

= Leptodea leptodonSietman, 2003

= Leptodea leptodon (Raf., 1820) — Graf, 2002

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque) — Lydeard et al., 1999

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

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1998

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

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — IUCN, 1996

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque) — Williams et al., 1993

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1988

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

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Leptodea leptodonGordon et al., 1979

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

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Stansbery, 1970

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

= 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, 1925

= Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1924

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

= Paraptera leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918

= Lasmonos leptodon (Rafinesque) — Utterback, 1916

= Lampsilis leptodon Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

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

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

+ Lea, 1870

= Unio leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio leptodon Rafinesque — Küster, 1861

= Leptodea leptodon Raf. — Conrad, 1853

= Metaptera leptodonAgassiz, 1852

+ Lea, 1852

+ Lea, 1836

= Unio leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 — Conrad, 1836

= Symphynota leptodon Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio (Leptodea) leptodonRafinesque, 1820

= Unio (Plagiola) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 — Rafinesque, 1819

= Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818

 
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