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

nominal species Unio capax Green, 1832

Unio capax Green, 1832 = Potamilus capax

Green, 1832. Cab. Nat. Hist. 2: 290.

= Potamilus capax

Taxonomic Opinions

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — FMCS, 2025

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — FMCS, 2021

= Potamilus capaxSmith et al., 2020

= Potamilus capaxSmith et al., 2019

= Potamilus capaxInoue et al., 2018

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Williams et al., 2017

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — IUCN, 2012

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — ITIS, 2012

= Potamilus capaxHaag, 2012

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — McMurray et al., 2012

= Potamilus capaxAggarwal et al., 2011

= Potamilus capax Green, 1832 — Bogan, 2010

= Potamilus capaxCummings & Graf, 2010

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Watters et al., 2009

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Tiemann et al., 2007

= Potamilus capax (Green) — Jones et al., 2005

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003

= Potamilus capaxSietman, 2003

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Graf, 2002

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Roe & Lydeard, 1998

= Potamilus capax (Green) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997

= Potamilus capax (Green) — Williams et al., 1993

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Vidrine, 1993

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) — Oesch, 1984

= Proptera capax (Green, 1832) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Proptera capaxGordon et al., 1979

= Proptera capax (Green, 1832) — Burch, 1975

= Proptera capax (Green, 1832) — Stansbery, 1970

+ Haas, 1969

= Proptera capax (Green, 1832) — Murray & Leonard, 1962

= Proptera capax (Green, 1832) — F.C. Baker, 1928

+ Lampsilis (s.s.) cardium-satura (Lea, 1853) — Frierson, 1927

= Proptera capax (Green, 1832) — Frierson, 1927

= Proptera capax (Green) — Utterback, 1916

= Lampsilis (s.s.) capax (Green, 1832) — Simpson, 1914

= Proptera capax (Green) — Ortmann, 1914

= Lampsilis (s.s.) capax Green — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) capax Green, 1832 — Call, 1900

= Unio capax Green, 1832 — Call, 1895

= Unio capax Green — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) capax (Green) — Lea, 1870

= Unio capax Green, 1832 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio (Hyridella) capax Green — Adams & Adams, 1857

= Unio (Lampsilis) capax Green, 1832 — Conrad, 1853

= Unio capax Green — Küster, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) capax (Green) — Lea, 1852

= Unio capax Green — Küster, 1848

+ Margarita (Unio) globosus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Unio capax Green, 1832 — Conrad, 1837

+ Margarita (Unio) globosa (Lea, 1834) — Lea, 1836

= Unio capax Green — Ferussac, 1835

 
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