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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!

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 ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820): nominal species
     2 specimens available.

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 316 [also as ‘Lastena ohiensis’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 59.

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensisRafinesque (1820), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Symphynota ohiensisFerussac (1835)
Metaptera ohioensisAgassiz (1852)
Metaptera ohiensisConrad (1853)
Unio ohiensisKüster (1861)
Anodonta ohioensisSimpson (1900)
Anodonta ohiensisSimpson (1914), Thiele (1934)
Lastena ohiensisUtterback (1915), Modell (1945)
Potamilus ohiensisMorrison (1969), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Inoue et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Leptodea laevissimaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Potamilus ohioensisOesch (1984)

Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829
Lea, 1829, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 444 [58], pl. 13, fig. 23 [as ‘lævissima’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_83938, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Symphynota laevissimaLea (1829), Swainson (1840)
Symphynota lævissimaLea (1829), Jay (1835)
Symphynota ohiensisFerussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) laevissimusLea (1836)
Margarita (Unio) lævissimusLea (1838)
Unio lævissimusHanley (1843), B.H. Wright (1888), Call (1895)
Margaron (Unio) lævissimusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Metaptera ohiensisConrad (1853)
Unio (Metaptera) lævissimusAdams & Adams (1857)
Unio ohiensisKüster (1861)
Unio laevissimusSowerby (1866), Singley (1893)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) laevissimusCall (1900)
Proptera laevissimaOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1914), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Mackie et al. (1980)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimaSimpson (1914)
Leptodea laevissimaMurray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), ITIS (2012)
Potamilus ohiensisMorrison (1969), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), IUCN (2012)
Potamilus ohioensisOesch (1984)
Proptera laevissimusITIS (2012)

Anodonta mutabilis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
(intro'd as syn of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta mutabilisRafinesque (1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. nigrescens Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 59.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. nigrescensRafinesque (1820)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. nigrescensRafinesque (1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 59.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. radiataRafinesque (1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. violacina Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus violacinus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 59.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. violacinaRafinesque (1820)
Potamilus violacinusRafinesque (1818)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. viridis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 59.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. viridisRafinesque (1820)

Anodonta rufa Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831, Continuation: 6. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 82. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta rufaRafinesque (1831)

Unio ohiensis Say, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834, Amer. Conch. 6: [synonymy].
(reference to Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio ohiensisSay (1834)
Symphynota inflataFerussac (1835)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimaSimpson (1914)
Proptera laevissimaFrierson (1927)
Proptera gracilisHaas (1969)
Potamilus ohiensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Anodonta ohioensis Agassiz, 1852
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 648.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 437.
Oesch, 1984, Missouri Naiades: 183 [as ‘Potamilus’].
(error for Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta ohioensisAgassiz (1852)
Potamilus ohiensisVidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996)

Unio discoideus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 53, sp. 275; errata [changed to ‘U. laevissimus Lea’].
(misidentified reference to Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834)

Unio discoideusSowerby (1866)
Margaron (Unio) lævissimusLea (1870)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimaSimpson (1914)
Proptera laevissimaFrierson (1927)
Proptera gracilisHaas (1969)
Potamilus ohiensisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio levissimus de Gregorio, 1914
‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914, Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 37.
(error for Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829)

Unio levissimusde Gregorio (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta ohioensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) laevissimusCall (1900)
Proptera laevissimaOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1914), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Mackie et al. (1980)
Anodonta ohiensisSimpson (1914), Thiele (1934)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimaSimpson (1914)
Unio levissimusde Gregorio (1914)
Lastena ohiensisUtterback (1915), Modell (1945)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Leptodea laevissimaMurray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), ITIS (2012)
Potamilus ohiensisMorrison (1969), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Inoue et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Proptera gracilisHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Potamilus ohioensisOesch (1984)
Proptera laevissimusITIS (2012)

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