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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus

species Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831): synonymy
     1 specimen + 19 Genbank vouchers

Symphynota inflata Lea, 1831
Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 99 [109], pl. 14, fig. 28.
(renamed Unio alabamensis Conrad, 1834)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_83909, Claiborne, Ala.

Lampsilis (Proptera) alabamensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) inflataSimpson (1914)
Proptera inflataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Potamilus inflatusTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Vidrine (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Smith & Johnson (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)

Unio alabamensis Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 67.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 260.
(new name for Symphynota inflata Lea, 1831)

Lampsilis (Proptera) alabamensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) inflataSimpson (1914)
Proptera inflataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Potamilus inflatusWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio inflatus Conrad, 1836
‘Lea’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(7): 57, pl. 32.
(reference to Symphynota inflata Lea, 1831)

Lampsilis (Proptera) alatus var. poulsoniSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) inflataSimpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Proptera) alabamensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) alatus var. poulsoniSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) inflataSimpson (1914)
Proptera inflataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Potamilus inflatusTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Vidrine (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), ... Smith & Johnson (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)

 
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