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Proptera Rafinesque, 1819
856933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:856933)
unaccepted
Genus
Unio alatus Say, 1817 accepted as Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Proptera alata (Say, 1817) accepted as Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
- Species Proptera amphichaena (Frierson, 1898) accepted as Potamilus amphichaenus (Frierson, 1898)
- Species Proptera capax (Green, 1832) accepted as Potamilus capax (Green, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Proptera coloradoensis (I. Lea, 1856) accepted as Lampsilis (Proptera) coloradoensis (I. Lea, 1856) accepted as Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Proptera gracilis (Barnes, 1823) accepted as Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Proptera inflata (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Potamilus inflatus (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Proptera laevissima (I. Lea, 1829) accepted as Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820) (recombination)
- Species Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
feminine
Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Proptera Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856933 on 2025-07-01
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Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335 [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]
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]
