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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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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) leptodon — Rafinesque (1820)
Potamilus leptodon — Rafinesque (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) leptodon — Rafinesque (1819)
Symphynota leptodon — Ferussac (1835)
Unio leptodon — Conrad (1836), Küster (1861), Sowerby (1866)
Metaptera leptodon — Agassiz (1852)
Leptodea leptodon — Conrad (1853), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), ..., Chen et al. (2020), Teiga-Teixeira et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis leptodon — Vanatta (1915)
Lasmonos leptodon — Utterback (1916)
Paraptera leptodon — Ortmann (1918)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodon — Frierson (1927)

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

Unio velum — Say (1829), Ferussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) tenuissimus — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio tenuissimus — Hanley (1843), Sowerby (1866)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio leptodon — Küster (1861)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leptodea leptodon — Ortmann & Walker (1922), F.C. Baker (1928), Burch (1975), Oesch (1984), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) velum — Frierson (1927)
Leptodea velum — Haas (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. olivacea — Rafinesque (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. semiradiata — Rafinesque (1820)
Unio (Leptodea) leptodon var. semi-radiata — Rafinesque (1820)

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

Anodon purpurascens — Swainson (1823)
Symphynota leptodon — Ferussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) tenuissimus — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio leptodon — Conrad (1836), Küster (1861)
Hemiodon purpurascens — Swainson (1840)
Unio tenuissimus — Hanley (1843), Sowerby (1866)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Leptodea leptodon — Conrad (1853), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodon — Frierson (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 tenuissima — Lea (1829), Jay (1835), Swainson (1840)
Symphynota leptodon — Ferussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) tenuissimus — Lea (1836), Lea (1838)
Unio leptodon — Conrad (1836), Küster (1861)
Unio tenuissimus — Hanley (1843), Adams & Adams (1857), Lapham (1860), Sowerby (1866), Lewis (1871), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Leptodea leptodon — Conrad (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) tenuissima — Fischer (1887)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) tenuissimus — Call (1900)
Unio (Symphynota) tenuissima — de Gregorio (1914)
Lasmonos leptodon — Utterback (1916)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodon — Frierson (1927)

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

Anodon purpurescens — Ferussac (1835)

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

Unio leptodon — Conrad (1836), Küster (1861)
Symphynota leptodon — Ferussac (1835)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon — Simpson (1900)
Leptodea leptodon — Watters et al. (2009)

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

Unio planus — Conrad (1836)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus — Lea (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 blatchleyi — Daniels (1902)
Lampsilis (Proptera) blatchleyi — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) velum — Frierson (1927)
Leptodea velum — Haas (1969)
Leptodea leptodon — R.I. Johnson (1980), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) tenuissimus — Call (1900)
Lampsilis blatchleyi — Daniels (1902)
Unio (Symphynota) tenuissima — de Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis (Proptera) blatchleyi — Simpson (1914)
Lampsilis leptodon — Vanatta (1915)
Lasmonos leptodon — Utterback (1916)
Paraptera leptodon — Ortmann (1918)
Leptodea leptodon — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), F.C. Baker (1928), ..., Chen et al. (2020), Teiga-Teixeira et al. (2020), Wu et al. (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodon — Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Leptodea) velum — Frierson (1927)
Leptodea velum — Haas (1969)
Potamilus leptodon — Smith 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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