Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus

species Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817): specimens

3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Potamilus alatus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)

Range

Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, and Great Lakes basins, North America. Introduced to the Hudson River on the Atlantic Slope and to China.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Potamilus alatus

MUSSELp Specimen Records

unknown

image of lot BMNH_88-6-5-1
BMNH_88-6-5-1
[no locality available - North America]

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SMF_4349
N. Amerika

USA

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MNHN_MPL_0024
Amer. du Nord Lac Champlain

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MNHN_MPL_0023
Lac Pontchartrain

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ANSP_20211
Ohio River

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ANSP_416327
Sangamon River, Lake of the Woods, Mahomet, Champaign Co., Illinois 40.2040° N, 88.3876° W

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_41. (16S: AY655074, go to Genbank) Elk River, Limestone Co. AL.

INHS_20590. (ND1: AY158808, go to Genbank) Jordan Ck., Vermilion Co., Illinois.

UF_438248-6269. (28S: MK036114, 5.8S: MK036197, COI: MK044946, ITS1: MK036197, ND1: MK045097, go to Genbank) Ohio River, Ohio drainage (39.0953, -84.5081).

INHS_79834. (28S: MK036115, 5.8S: MK036198, COI: MK044947, ITS1: MK036198, ND1: MK045098, go to Genbank) St. Croix River, St. Croix drainage (45.7246, -92.8499).

UAUC_3329. (ND1: AY655119, go to Genbank) Tennessee River, Decatur, Morgan Co. AL.

UF_438248. (SRA: SRR10579074, go to Genbank) USA, Ohio, Hamilton County, Ohio River, 1.2 km SE of Cincinnati (39.09533, -84.50814).