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

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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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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus

species Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820): nominal species
     4 specimens available.

Unio (Leptodea) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus leptodon’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Plagiola) leptodon’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 295, pl. 80, figs. 5-7 [also as ‘Elliptio leptodon’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29, 40.
Type(s): NEOTYPE ANSP_20214, Kentucky River.

Unio (Leptodea) leptodonRafinesque (1820)
Potamilus leptodonRafinesque (1818), Smith et al. (2020), Smith & Johnson (2020), Zieritz et al. (2021), ..., Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024)
Unio (Plagiola) leptodonRafinesque (1819)
Symphynota leptodonFerussac (1835)
Unio leptodonConrad (1836), Küster (1861), Sowerby (1866)
Metaptera leptodonAgassiz (1852)
Leptodea leptodonConrad (1853), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ..., Wu et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2020), Teiga-Teixeira et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodonSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis leptodonVanatta (1915)
Lasmonos leptodonUtterback (1916)
Paraptera leptodonOrtmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodonFrierson (1927)

Unio velum Say, 1829
Say, 1829, New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 293.
Say, 1858, [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 132.

Unio velumSay (1829), Ferussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) tenuissimusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio tenuissimusHanley (1843), Sowerby (1866)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio leptodonKüster (1861)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodonSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leptodea leptodonOrtmann & Walker (1922), F.C. Baker (1928), Burch (1975), Oesch (1984), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) velumFrierson (1927)
Leptodea velumHaas (1969)

Unio (Leptodea) leptodon var. olivacea Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 295.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 41.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Leptodea) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio (Leptodea) leptodon var. olivaceaRafinesque (1820)

Unio (Leptodea) leptodon var. semiradiata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 295 [as ‘semi-radiata’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 41.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Leptodea) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio (Leptodea) leptodon var. semiradiataRafinesque (1820)
Unio (Leptodea) leptodon var. semi-radiataRafinesque (1820)

Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823
Swainson, 1823, Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 160 [260?].
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 287; 381 [as ‘Hemiodon purpurscens’].

Anodon purpurascensSwainson (1823)
Symphynota leptodonFerussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) tenuissimusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio leptodonConrad (1836), Küster (1861)
Hemiodon purpurascensSwainson (1840)
Unio tenuissimusHanley (1843), Sowerby (1866)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Leptodea leptodonConrad (1853), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodonSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodonFrierson (1927)

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.

Symphynota tenuissimaLea (1829), Jay (1835), Swainson (1840)
Symphynota leptodonFerussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) tenuissimusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio leptodonConrad (1836), Küster (1861)
Unio tenuissimusHanley (1843), Adams & Adams (1857), Lapham (1860), Sowerby (1866), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Leptodea leptodonConrad (1853), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), F.C. Baker (1928), ..., Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Unio (Limnium sec. Leptodea) tenuissimaFischer (1887)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodonSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) tenuissimusCall (1900)
Unio (Symphynota) tenuissimade Gregorio (1914)
Lasmonos leptodonUtterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodonFrierson (1927)

Anodon purpurescens Ferussac, 1835
‘Swainson’ Ferussac, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
(error for Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823)

Anodon purpurescensFerussac (1835)

Unio leptodon Conrad, 1836
‘Rafinesque’ Conrad, 1836, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(7): 58, pl. 33.
(reference to Unio (Leptodea) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio leptodonConrad (1836), Küster (1861)
Symphynota leptodonFerussac (1835)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodonSimpson (1900)
Leptodea leptodonWatters et al. (2009)

Unio planus Conrad, 1836
Conrad, 1836, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(7): 59.
(misidentified reference to Unio planus Barnes, 1823)

Unio planusConrad (1836)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimusLea (1852)

Lampsilis blatchleyi Daniels, 1902
Daniels, 1902, Nautilus 16(2): 13, pl. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_82960, Wabash River, Grand Chain, Posey Co., Indiana.

Lampsilis blatchleyiDaniels (1902)
Lampsilis (Proptera) blatchleyiSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) velumFrierson (1927)
Leptodea velumHaas (1969)
Leptodea leptodonR.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodonSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) tenuissimusCall (1900)
Lampsilis blatchleyiDaniels (1902)
Unio (Symphynota) tenuissimade Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Proptera) blatchleyiSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis leptodonVanatta (1915)
Lasmonos leptodonUtterback (1916)
Paraptera leptodonOrtmann (1918)
Leptodea leptodonOrtmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), ..., Wu et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2020), Teiga-Teixeira et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodonFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) velumFrierson (1927)
Leptodea velumHaas (1969)
Potamilus leptodonSmith et al. (2020), Smith & Johnson (2020), Zieritz et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), ..., Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024)

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