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Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Lampsilis capax (Green, 1832)
Margaron capax (Green, 1832)
Proptera capax (Green, 1832)
Symphynota globosa I.Lea, 1834
Unio capax Green, 1832
Homonyms
Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)
Common names
Fat Pocketbook Pearly Mussel in English
fat pocketbook in English
fat pocketbook in English
fat pocketbook in English
korýtko tučné in Slovak
Fat Pocketbook in English
fat pocketbook in English
Fat Pocketbook Pearly Mussel in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314.
  2. 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.
  3. Haag, Wendell R., 2012: null. North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. 538.
  4. InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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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