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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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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.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

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).