MUSSELp

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus

species Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens

7 available nominal species synonyms (10 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Leptodea leptodonGraf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Chen et al. (2020), Teiga-Teixeira et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Chen et al. (2025)
Potamilus leptodonSmith et al. (2020), Smith & Johnson (2020), Zieritz et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Wu et al. (2022), ... Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)

Range

Widespread in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio basins, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Potamilus leptodon

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

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USNM_86052

Cincinnati, Ohio

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ANSP_20214

Kentucky River

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ANSP_84210

Wabash River, Grand Chain, Posey Co., Ind.

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UMMZ_82960

Wabash River, Grand Chain, Posey Co., Indiana

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

INHS_44305. (28S: MK036094, 5.8S: MK036177, COI: MK044926, ITS1: MK036177, ND1: MK045077, SRA: SRR10579076, go to Genbank) Illinois River, Illinois drainage (41.3312, -88.5089).

UAUC_135. (16S: AY655050, COI: AY655003, ND1: AY655105, go to Genbank) Meramec River, MO.