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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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species Potamilus capax (Green, 1832): nominal species
     2 specimens available.

Unio capax Green, 1832
Green, 1832, Cab. Nat. Hist. 2: 290.

Unio capaxGreen (1832), Ferussac (1835), Conrad (1837), Küster (1848), Küster (1853), Sowerby (1866), B.H. Wright (1888), Call (1895)
Margarita (Unio) globosaLea (1836)
Margarita (Unio) globosusLea (1838)
Margaron (Unio) capaxLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Lampsilis) capaxConrad (1853)
Unio (Hyridella) capaxAdams & Adams (1857)
Lampsilis (s.s.) capaxSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) capaxCall (1900)
Proptera capaxOrtmann (1914), Utterback (1916), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Murray & Leonard (1962), Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Lampsilis (s.s.) cardium-saturaFrierson (1927)
Potamilus capaxOesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Smith et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Symphynota globosa Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 41, pl. 4, fig. 12.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ANSP_56609, Ohio.

Symphynota globosaLea (1834), Ferussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) globosaLea (1836)
Unio capaxConrad (1837), Küster (1848), Conrad (1853), Call (1895)
Margarita (Unio) globosusLea (1838)
Unio globosusHanley (1843)
Margaron (Unio) capaxLea (1870)
Lampsilis (s.s.) capaxSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Proptera capaxFrierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Potamilus capaxWatters et al. (2009)

Unio globulus Featherman, 1872
‘Lea’ Featherman, 1872, unknown publication: ??.
(error for Symphynota globosa Lea, 1834)

Unio globulusFeatherman (1872)
Potamilus capaxVidrine (1993)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (s.s.) capaxSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) capaxCall (1900)
Proptera capaxOrtmann (1914), Utterback (1916), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Murray & Leonard (1962), Stansbery (1970), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Lampsilis (s.s.) cardium-saturaFrierson (1927)
Potamilus capaxOesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Smith et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

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