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Page last updated
Wed 06 Mar 2024

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!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus

species Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817): specimens
     5 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Potamilus alatusTiemann et al. (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), ..., Hopper et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024)

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
species map


USA

specimen
ANSP_416327

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

specimen
ANSP_20211

Ohio River

specimen
MNHN_MPL_0023

Lac Pontchartrain

specimen
MNHN_MPL_0024

Amer. du Nord Lac Champlain

   

unknown

specimen
SMF_4349

N. Amerika

specimen
BMNH_88-6-5-1

[no locality available - North America]

 

Genbank Vouchers

USA

INHS_79834 (COI, ND1, 28S, ITS1, 5.8S) St. Croix River, St. Croix drainage (45.7246, -92.8499)

UF_438248-6269 (COI, ND1, 28S, ITS1, 5.8S) Ohio River, Ohio drainage (39.0953, -84.5081)

UAUC_41 (16S) Elk River, Limestone Co. AL

INHS_20590 (ND1) Jordan Ck., Vermilion Co., Illinois

UF_438248 (SRA) USA, Ohio, Hamilton County, Ohio River, 1.2 km SE of Cincinnati (39.09533, -84.50814)

UAUC_3329 (ND1) Tennessee River, Decatur, Morgan Co. AL

 

ANSP_416327 (COI, 16S, 28S)

Page updated: 16:33:30 Wed 06 Mar 2024

 
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