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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus alatus

nominal species Potamilus alatus Rafinesque, 1818

Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Proptera) alata’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29.
(reference to Unio alatus Say, 1817)

= Potamilus alatus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Unio (Proptera) alata — Rafinesque, 1819
= Potamilus alatus — Rafinesque, 1818

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