Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus

species Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens

7 available nominal species synonyms (10 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Leptodea leptodon — Graf & 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 leptodon — Smith et al. (2020), Smith & Johnson (2020), Zieritz et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Wu et al. (2022), ... Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Widespread in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio basins, USA. (North America: NA2)

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: SRX7259532, 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.

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

SAMN13473078. (SRA: SRX7259532, go to GenBank)