MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Potamilus capax specimens

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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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species Potamilus capax (Green, 1832): specimens
3 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Potamilus capax — Graf & Cummings (2007), Tiemann et al. (2007), Watters et al. (2009), Cummings & Graf (2010), ..., Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Range: Rare on the Ozark Plateau, Upper Mississippi and Ohio basins, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

USA
USNM_84892 Davenport, Iowa	ANSP_56609 Ohio

Genbank Vouchers

USA

Mp_3951_Pcap (COI, ND1, 28S, ITS1, 5.8S) St. Francis River, St. Francis drainage (35.9592, -90.0638)

UAUC_36 (ND1)

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