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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus leptodon

nominal species Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829

Lea, 1829, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 453, pl. 11, fig. 21.
Type(s): PARATYPE USNM_86052, Cincinnati, Ohio.

= Potamilus leptodon

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Oesch, 1984
+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975
+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969
+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — F.C. Baker, 1928
+ Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927
+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1924
+ Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Lasmonos leptodon (Rafinesque) — Utterback, 1916
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (Symphynota) tenuissima Lea ! — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (s.s.) tenuissimus (Lea, 1829) — Call, 1900
= Unio tenuissimus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Unio (Limnium sec. Leptodea) tenuissima (Lea) — Fischer, 1887
= Unio tenuissimus Lea — Lewis, 1871
= Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio tenuissimus (Lea, 1829) — Sowerby, 1866
+ Unio leptodon Rafinesque — Küster, 1861
= Unio tenuissimus Lea — Lapham, 1860
= Unio tenuissimus (Lea) — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Leptodea leptodon Raf. — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio tenuissimus Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829 — Swainson, 1840
= Margarita (Unio) tenuissimus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) tenuissimus (Lea, 1829) — Lea, 1836
+ Unio leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 — Conrad, 1836
+ Symphynota leptodon Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Symphynota tenuissima — Jay, 1835
= Symphynota tenuissima — Lea, 1829

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