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

nominal species Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829

image of type lot

Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829 = Potamilus ohiensis

specimen image from publicationLea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 444 [58], pl. 13, fig. 23 [as ‘lævissima’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_83938, Cincinnati, Ohio.

= Potamilus ohiensis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Leptodea laevissima Lea — ITIS, 2012

= Proptera laevissimus Lea — ITIS, 2012

+ Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) — IUCN, 2012

+ Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

+ Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Howells et al., 1996

+ Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Vidrine, 1993

+ Potamilus ohioensis [sic] (Rafinesque, 1820) — Oesch, 1984

= Leptodea laevissima (Lea, 1829) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Proptera laevissima (Lea) — Mackie et al., 1980

= Leptodea laevissimaGordon et al., 1979

= Leptodea laevissima (Lea) — Mathiak, 1979

= Leptodea laevissima (Lea, 1829) — Burch, 1975

+ Potamilus ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820 — Morrison, 1969

= Leptodea laevissima (Lea, 1830) — Murray & Leonard, 1962

= Proptera laevissima (Lea, 1830) — F.C. Baker, 1928

= Proptera laevissima (Lea, 1829) — Frierson, 1927

= Proptera laevissima (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925

= Proptera laevissima (Lea) — Utterback, 1916

= Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissima (Lea, 1829) — Simpson, 1914

= Proptera laevissimaOrtmann, 1914

+ de Gregorio, 1914

= Proptera laevissima (Lea, 1829) — Ortmann, 1912

= Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimus (Lea, 1829) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (s.s.) laevissimus (Lea, 1829) — Call, 1900

= Unio lævissimus Lea — Call, 1895

= Unio laevissimus Lea, 1829 — Singley, 1893

= Unio lævissimus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) lævissimus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio laevissimus (Lea, 1829) — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio laevissimus (Lea, 1829) — Sowerby, 1866

+ Unio ohiensis Rafinesque — Küster, 1861

= Unio (Metaptera) lævissimus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Metaptera ohiensis (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) lævissimus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio lævissimus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829 — Swainson, 1840

= Margarita (Unio) lævissimus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) laevissimus (Lea, 1829) — Lea, 1836

+ Symphynota ohiensis Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Symphynota lævissimaJay, 1835

= Symphynota lævissimaLea, 1829

 
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