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Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)

Dataset
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Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. Annales Générales Des Sciences Physiques, 5(5): 287–322, pls 80–82. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=220869
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia
order
Unionida
family
Unionidae
genus
Potamilus
species
Potamilus ohiensis

Name

Synonyms
? ohioensis Rafinesque, 1820
Anodonta ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
Anodonta ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820
Anodonta ohiensis nigrescens Rafinesque, 1820
Anodonta ohiensis ohiensis
Anodonta ohiensis radiata Rafinesque, 1820
Anodonta ohiensis violacina Rafinesque, 1820
Anodonta ohiensis viridis Rafinesque, 1820
Anodonta rufa Rafinesque, 1831
Lampsilis laevissima (I.Lea, 1829)
Lampsilis laevissima (I.Lea, 1829)
Lastena ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
Leptodea laevissima (I.Lea, 1829)
Margarita laevissimus (I.Lea, 1829)
Margaron laevissimus (I.Lea, 1829)
Potamilus laevissima (I.Lea, 1829)
Potamilus ohioensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
Potamilus ohioensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
Proptera laevissima (I.Lea, 1829)
Symphynota laevissima I.Lea, 1829
Homonyms
Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
Common names
pink papershell in English
pink papershell in English
Pink Papershell in English
pink papershell in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings, 2007: Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4. 291-314.
  2. InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
  3. Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82.
  4. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
  5. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
  6. Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp.
  7. Williams, James D., Arthur E. Bogan, and Jeffrey T. Garner, 2008: null. Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. xv + 908.
  8. Williams, James D., Melvin L. Warren, Kevin S. Cummings, John L. Harris, and Richard J. Neves, 1993: Conservation status of the freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada. Fisheries, vol. 18, no. 9. 6-22.
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