WoRMS name details
Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820)
857338 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857338)
unaccepted
Species
Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818
Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823 · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Leptodea) leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Leptodea) velum (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Proptera) blatchleyi (Daniels, 1902) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Proptera) leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Lampsilis blatchleyi Daniels, 1902 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Lampsilis leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Lampsilis tenuissimus (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Lampsilis velum (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Leptodea velum (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) tenuissimus (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) tenuissimus (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Symphynota tenuissima I. Lea, 1829 · unaccepted
Unio (Leptodea) leptodon olivacea Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Unio (Symphynota) tenuissima (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio tenuissimus (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio velum Say, 1829 · unaccepted
(of Unio (Leptodea) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820) 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., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 355 [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857338 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Unio (Leptodea) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820) 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., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 355 [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
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| English | scaleshell | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86052 Symphynota tenuissima Paratype) (from synonym Symphynota tenuissima I. Lea, 1829)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 86052 Symphynota tenuissima Paratype) (from synonym Symphynota tenuissima I. Lea, 1829)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
