Potamilus

Potamilus is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.[1]

Potamilus
Potamilus alatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Potamilus
Rafinesque, 1818
Synonyms
List
  • Anodonta (Lastena) Rafinesque, 1820
  • Lampsilis (Leptodea) Rafinesque, 1820
  • Lampsilis (Proptera) Rafinesque, 1819
  • Lasmonos Rafinesque, 1831
  • Lastena Rafinesque, 1820
  • Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820
  • Limnadea Agassiz, 1846
  • Lymnadea [lapsus]
  • Lymnadia G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
  • Metaptera Rafinesque, 1820
  • Monelagmus Agassiz, 1846
  • Monelasmus Agassiz, 1846
  • Naidea Swainson, 1840
  • Paraptera Ortmann, 1911
  • Pareptera Ortmann, 1911
  • Potamilus (Lastena) Rafinesque, 1820
  • Proptera Rafinesque, 1819
  • Stenelasma Herrmannsen, 1849
  • Symphynota I. Lea, 1829
  • Symphynota (Symphynota) I. Lea, 1829
  • Unio (Leptodea) Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio (Metaptera) Rafinesque, 1820
  • Unio (Symphynota) I. Lea, 1829

Species

Species within the genus Potamilus include:

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-06.


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