MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Potamilus alatus 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 alatus (Say, 1817): specimens
5 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Potamilus alatus — Tiemann et al. (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), ..., Wu et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024)

Range: Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, and Great Lakes basins, North America. Introduced to the Hudson River on the Atlantic Slope and to China.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

USA
ANSP_416327 Sangamon River, Lake of the Woods, Mahomet, Champaign Co., Illinois 40.2040° N, 88.3876° W	ANSP_20211 Ohio River	MNHN_MPL_0023 Lac Pontchartrain
MNHN_MPL_0024 Amer. du Nord Lac Champlain
unknown
SMF_4349 N. Amerika	BMNH_88-6-5-1 [no locality available - North America]

Genbank Vouchers

USA

INHS_79834 (COI, ND1, 28S, ITS1, 5.8S) St. Croix River, St. Croix drainage (45.7246, -92.8499)

UF_438248-6269 (COI, ND1, 28S, ITS1, 5.8S) Ohio River, Ohio drainage (39.0953, -84.5081)

INHS_20590 (ND1) Jordan Ck., Vermilion Co., Illinois

UF_438248 (SRA) USA, Ohio, Hamilton County, Ohio River, 1.2 km SE of Cincinnati (39.09533, -84.50814)

UAUC_41 (16S) Elk River, Limestone Co. AL

UAUC_3329 (ND1) Tennessee River, Decatur, Morgan Co. AL

ANSP_416327 (COI, 16S, 28S)

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