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Metaptera Rafinesque, 1820
856935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:856935)
unaccepted
Genus
Unio alatus Say, 1817 accepted as Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Metaptera delphinus (Gruner, 1841) accepted as Hyriopsis bialata C. T. Simpson, 1900 (based on an unavailable basionym)
- Species Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
- Species Metaptera myersianus (I. Lea, 1856) accepted as Hyriopsis myersiana (I. Lea, 1856) (unaccepted combination)
feminine
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): 299 [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metaptera Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856935 on 2025-09-11
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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. <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): 299 [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]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 299 [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]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
