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

species Potamilus capax (Green, 1832): specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Potamilus capax — Graf & Cummings (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Rare on the Ozark Plateau, Upper Mississippi and Ohio basins, USA.

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MUSSELp Specimen Records

USA

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).