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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 alatus (Say, 1817): nominal species
     6 specimens available.

Unio alatus Say, 1817
Bruguière, 1797, Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.] ?.
Say, 1817, Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1819, Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1858, [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4349, N. Amerika.

Unio alatusSay (1817), Say (1819), Barnes (1823), Wood (1828), ..., B.H. Wright (1888), Singley (1893), Call (1895), Pilsbry & Rhoads (1896)
Unio alataLamarck (1819), Deshayes (1832)
Metaptera alatusRafinesque (1820)
Symphynota alataLea (1829), Ferussac (1835), Jay (1835)
Margarita (Unio) alatusLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Mysca alataSchlüter (1838)
Mysca (Lymnadia) alataSwainson (1840)
Metaptera alataStimpson (1851), Agassiz (1852), Conrad (1853)
Margaron (Unio) alatusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Metaptera) megapterusMörch (1853)
Unio (Metaptera) alatusAdams & Adams (1857), Fischer (1887)
Unio (sec. Metaptera) alatusPaetel (1890)
Lampsilis (Proptera) alatusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) alatusCall (1900)
Proptera alataOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), ..., Mackie et al. (1980), R.I. Johnson (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Lampsilis (Proptera) alataOrtmann (1909), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Symphynota) alatusde Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis alatusVanatta (1915)
Potamilus alatusMorrison (1969), Oesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), ..., Hopper et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024)

Potamilus alatus Rafinesque, 1818
Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1819, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426 [as ‘U. (Proptera) alata’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 29.
(reference to Unio alatus Say, 1817)

Potamilus alatusRafinesque (1818)
Unio (Proptera) alataRafinesque (1819)

Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 300, pl. 80, figs. 20-22 [also as ‘Unio megaptera’].
Chenu, 1845, Biblio. Conch. 3: 15, pl. 1, figs. 20-22.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 44.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20211, Ohio River.

Metaptera megapteraRafinesque (1820)
Symphynota alataFerussac (1835)
Unio alatusConrad (1836), Küster (1848)
Metaptera alataConrad (1853)
Unio (Metaptera) megapterusMörch (1853)
Lampsilis (Proptera) alatusSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) alataSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis alatusVanatta (1915)
Proptera alata megapteraF.C. Baker (1928)
Proptera alataHaas (1969), Clarke (1973), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Potamilus alatusOesch (1984), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), He & Zhuang (2013)

Unio alatoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 164.

Unio alatoidesLea (1868)
Proptera alataJohnson & Baker (1973)

Cyclonaias tuberculata Serb et al., 2003
Serb et al., 2003, MPE 28: 10.
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)

Cyclonaias tuberculataSerb et al. (2003)
Potamilus alatusBoyer et al. (2011)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Proptera) alatusSimpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) alatusCall (1900)
Proptera alataOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), ..., Mackie et al. (1980), R.I. Johnson (1980), Davis & Fuller (1981), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Lampsilis (Proptera) alataOrtmann (1909), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Symphynota) alatusde Gregorio (1914)
Lampsilis alatusVanatta (1915)
Proptera alata megapteraF.C. Baker (1928)
Potamilus alatusMorrison (1969), Oesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), ..., Hopper et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024)
Cyclonaias tuberculataSerb et al. (2003)

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