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

species Potamilus capax (Green, 1832): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Potamilus capaxGraf & Cummings (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Rare on the Ozark Plateau, Upper Mississippi and Ohio basins, USA. (North America: NA2)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Potamilus capax

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot USNM_84892
USNM_84892

Davenport, Iowa

image of lot ANSP_56609
ANSP_56609

Ohio

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers


USA

Mp_3951_Pcap. (28S: MK036119, 5.8S: MK036202, COI: MK044951, ITS1: MK036202, ND1: MK045102, go to GenBank) St. Francis River, St. Francis drainage (35.9592, -90.0638).

GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced

SAMN13473082. (SRA: SRX7259536, go to GenBank)

UAUC_36. (ND1: JF326446, go to GenBank)