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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus alatus
nominal species Unio alatus Say, 1817
Unio alatus Say, 1817 = Potamilus alatus
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.] ?.
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4349, N. Amerika.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Dai et al., 2025
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Chen et al., 2025
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — FMCS, 2025
= Potamilus alatus — Wu et al., 2024
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Dai et al., 2024
= Potamilus alatus — Wu et al., 2024
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Czaja et al., 2023
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Dai et al., 2023
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Hopper et al., 2023
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Wu et al., 2023
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Wu et al., 2022
= Potamilus alatus — Mejia-Trujillo & Smith, 2022
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Hnytka et al., 2022
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Potamilus alatus — Patterson et al., 2021
= Potamilus alatus — Zieritz et al., 2021
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — FMCS, 2021
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Wu et al., 2021
= Potamilus alatus — Fukata & Iigo, 2020
= Potamilus alatus — Wu et al., 2020
= Potamilus alatus — Inoue et al., 2020
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Smith et al., 2020
= Potamilus alatus — Chen et al., 2020
= Potamilus alatus — Teiga-Teixeira et al., 2020
= Potamilus alatus — Klymus et al., 2020
= Potamilus alatus — Gasparini et al., 2020
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Huang et al., 2019
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Wu et al., 2019
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Pfeiffer et al., 2019
= Potamilus alatus — Froufe et al., 2019
= Potamilus alatus — Smith et al., 2019
= Potamilus alatus — Guerra et al., 2019
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Zieritz et al., 2018
= Potamilus alatus — Huang et al., 2018
= Potamilus alatus — Wang et al., 2018
= Potamilus alatus — Chase et al., 2018
= Potamilus alatus — Inoue et al., 2018
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Burzynski & Soroka, 2018
= Potamilus alatus — Wang et al., 2018
= Potamilus alatus — Cha et al., 2018
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2017
= Potamilus alatus — Wen et al., 2017
= Potamilus alatus — Chong et al., 2016
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015
= Potamilus alatus — Kongim et al., 2015
= Potamilus alatus — Jones, 2015
= Potamilus alatus — Sousa et al., 2014
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — He & Zhuang, 2013
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — ITIS, 2012
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Szumowski et al., 2012
= Potamilus alatus — Haag, 2012
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — McMurray et al., 2012
= Potamilus alatus — Grobler et al., 2011
= Potamilus alatus — Boyer et al., 2011
= Potamilus alatus Say, 1817 — Bogan, 2010
= Potamilus alatus — Cummings & Graf, 2010
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Watters et al., 2009
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Williams et al., 2008
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Tiemann et al., 2007
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Zanatta & Murphy, 2006
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Hoke, 2005
= Potamilus alatus (Say) — Jones et al., 2005
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Campbell et al., 2005
= Potamilus alatus — Krebs et al., 2003
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Roe & Hoeh, 2003
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003
= Potamilus alatus — Sietman, 2003
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Graf, 2002
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Hoeh et al., 2002
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Hoeh et al., 2001
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Bogan & Hoeh, 2000
= Proptera alata Say — Contreras-Arquieta, 2000
= Potamilus alatus (Say) — Lydeard et al., 1999
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Turgeon et al., 1998
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Roe & Lydeard, 1998
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Roe & Lydeard, 1998
= Potamilus alatus (Say) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — IUCN, 1996
= Potamilus alatus (Say) — Williams et al., 1993
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Turgeon et al., 1988
= Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) — Oesch, 1984
= Proptera alata (Say) — Davis & Fuller, 1981
= Proptera alata (Say, 1817) — R.I. Johnson, 1980
= Proptera alata (Say) — Mackie et al., 1980
= Proptera alata — Gordon et al., 1979
= Proptera alata (Say) — Mathiak, 1979
= Proptera alata (Say, 1816) — Burch, 1975
= Proptera alata (Say, 1817) — Clarke, 1973
= Proptera alata (Say, 1817) — Haas, 1969
= Proptera alata (Say, 1817) — Haas, 1969
= Potamilus alatus Say, 1817 — Morrison, 1969
= Proptera alata (Say, 1817) — Murray & Leonard, 1962
= Proptera alata (Say) — Thiele, 1934
= Proptera alata (Say) — Haas, 1930
= Proptera alata (Say, 1817) — F.C. Baker, 1928
= Proptera alata (Say, 1817) — Frierson, 1927
= Proptera alata (Say) — Ortmann, 1925
= Proptera alata (Say) — Ortmann, 1924
= Proptera alata (Say, 1817) — Ortmann, 1918
= Proptera alata (Say) — Utterback, 1916
= Lampsilis alatus Say — Vanatta, 1915
= Lampsilis (Proptera) alata (Say, 1817) — Simpson, 1914
= Proptera alata — Ortmann, 1914
= Unio (Symphynota) alatus Say ! — de Gregorio, 1914
= Proptera alata (Say, 1817) — Ortmann, 1912
= Proptera alata (Say) — Ortmann, 1910
= Proptera alata (Say) — Ortmann, 1909
= Lampsilis (Proptera) alata Say — Ortmann, 1909
= Proptera alata (Say) — Ortmann, 1909
= Lampsilis (Proptera) alatus (Say, 1816) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (s.s.) alatus Say, 1817 — Call, 1900
= Unio alatus Say — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896
= Unio alatus Say, 1816 — Call, 1895
= Unio alatus Say — Singley, 1893
= Unio (sec. Metaptera) alatus Say, 1817 — Paetel, 1890
= Unio alatus Say — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Unio (Metaptera) alatus Say — Fischer, 1886
= Unio alatus Say — Lewis, 1871
= Margaron (Unio) alatus (Say) — Lea, 1870
= Unio alatus Say, 1817 — Sowerby, 1866
= Unio alatus Say — Lapham, 1860
= Unio (Metaptera) alatus Say — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Metaptera alata (Say) — Conrad, 1853
+ Unio (Metaptera) megapterus (Raf.) — Mørch, 1853
= Metaptera alata — Agassiz, 1852
= Margaron (Unio) alatus (Say) — Lea, 1852
= Metaptera alata (Say) — Stimpson, 1851
= Unio alatus Say — Küster, 1848
= Unio alatus Say — Hanley, 1843
= Unio alatus Say — De Kay, 1843
= Mysca (Lymnadia) alata (Say, 1817) — Swainson, 1840
= Unio alatus Say, 1817 — Sowerby, 1839
= Mysca alata (Lam., Say) — Schlüter, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) alatus Say — Lea, 1838
= Unio alatus Say, 1817 — Conrad, 1836
= Margarita (Unio) alatus (Say, 1817) — Lea, 1836
= Symphynota alata Lea [sic] — Ferussac, 1835
= Symphynota alata — Jay, 1835
= Unio alatus Lam. — Ravenel, 1834
= Unio alata Say — Deshayes, 1832
= Unio alatus Say, 1817 — Menke, 1830
= Symphynota alata Say — Lea, 1829
= Unio alatus Say, 1817 — Menke, 1828
= Unio alatus (Sw.) — Wood, 1828
= Unio alatus — Hildreth, 1828
= Unio alatus — Barnes, 1823
= Metaptera alatus Say — Rafinesque, 1820
= Unio alata — Lamarck, 1819
= Unio alatus Say, 1817 — Say, 1819
= Unio alatus Say, 1817 — Say, 1817
