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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus
species Potamilus metnecktayi R.I. Johnson, 1998: synonymy
19 specimens + 4 Genbank vouchers
Synonymy
Potamilus metnecktayi R.I. Johnson, 1998
R.I. Johnson, 1998. Occ. Pap. Moll. 5(76): 429, pl. 22, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_255018, Rio Salado, 45 mi S Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Potamilus metnecktayi — R.I. Johnson (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... FMCS (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025)
Potamilis [sic] metnecktayi — Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Lampsilis salinasensis ‘Simpson’ of Authors
‘Simpson’ of Authors.
Metcalf, 1982. Symp. Rec. Tex.: 48, pl. 2, fig. 2.
Neck & Metcalf, 1988. Texas J. Sci. 40: 262 [as ‘Potamilus salinasensis’].
Howells et al., 1996. Freshw. Mussels Tex.: 103, fig. p. 212 [as ‘Potamilus salinasensis’].
(misidentified reference to Lampsilis (Proptera) salinasensis Dall, 1908)
Potamilus metnecktayi — R.I. Johnson (1999)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Potamilus salinasensis — Howells et al. (1996)
Potamilus metnecktayi — R.I. Johnson (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ... FMCS (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025)
Potamilis [sic] metnecktayi — Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
