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Potamilus  Rafinesque, 1818
Taxonomic Serial No.: 80281

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Proptera Rafinesque, 1819
  
    Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820
  
    Lasmonos Rafinesque, 1831
  
    Monelasmus Agassiz, 1846
  
    Paraptera Ortmann, 1911
  
    Lastena Rafinesque, 1820
  
    Metaptera Rafinesque, 1820
  
    Symphynota Lea, 1829
  
    Naidea Swainson, 1840
  
    Stenelasma Herrmannsen, 1849
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                               FamilyUnionidae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                  SubfamilyAmbleminae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                     TribeLampsilini Ihering, 1901  
                                        GenusPotamilus Rafinesque, 1818  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) – pink heelsplitter 
                                           Species Potamilus amphichaenus (Frierson, 1898) – Texas heelsplitter 
                                           Species Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) – fat pocketbook 
                                           Species Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) – fragile heelsplitter, fragile papershell 
                                           Species Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831) – Alabama heelsplitter, inflated heelsplitter 
                                           Species Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) – scaleshell 
                                           Species Potamilus metnecktayi R. I. Johnson, 1998 – Salina mucket 
                                           Species Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) – pink papershell 
                                           Species Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) – bleufer 
                                           Species Potamilus streckersoni Smith, Johnson, Inoue, Doyle & Randklev, 2019 – Brazos heelsplitter 
       

 References
       
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  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Potamilus   
       
  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site (2023), website (version 15Nov2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Graf, D. L. & K. S. Cummings. 2023. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), accessed 15 Nov 2023. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Potamilus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Potamilus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: A 'big data' approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 87, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-36   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1464-3766   
  Notes: doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyaa034   
  Reference for: Potamilus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Potamilus   
       

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