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The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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species Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820): nominal species
2 specimens available.

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 316 [also as ‘Lastena ohiensis’].
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 59.

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis — Rafinesque (1820), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Symphynota ohiensis — Ferussac (1835)
Metaptera ohioensis — Agassiz (1852)
Metaptera ohiensis — Conrad (1853)
Unio ohiensis — Küster (1861)
Anodonta ohioensis — Simpson (1900)
Anodonta ohiensis — Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934)
Lastena ohiensis — Utterback (1915), Modell (1945)
Potamilus ohiensis — Morrison (1969), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Inoue et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilis — R.I. Johnson (1970)
Leptodea laevissima — R.I. Johnson (1980)
Potamilus ohioensis — Oesch (1984)

Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829
Lea, 1829, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 444 [58], pl. 13, fig. 23 [as ‘lævissima’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_83938, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Symphynota laevissima — Lea (1829), Swainson (1840)
Symphynota lævissima — Lea (1829), Jay (1835)
Symphynota ohiensis — Ferussac (1835)
Margarita (Unio) laevissimus — Lea (1836)
Margarita (Unio) lævissimus — Lea (1838)
Unio lævissimus — Hanley (1843), B.H. Wright (1888), Call (1895)
Margaron (Unio) lævissimus — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Metaptera ohiensis — Conrad (1853)
Unio (Metaptera) lævissimus — Adams & Adams (1857)
Unio ohiensis — Küster (1861)
Unio laevissimus — Sowerby (1866), Singley (1893)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimus — Simpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) laevissimus — Call (1900)
Proptera laevissima — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1914), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Mackie et al. (1980)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissima — Simpson (1914)
Leptodea laevissima — Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), ITIS (2012)
Potamilus ohiensis — Morrison (1969), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Strayer & Jirka (1997), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), IUCN (2012)
Potamilus ohioensis — Oesch (1984)
Proptera laevissimus — ITIS (2012)

Anodonta mutabilis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
(intro'd as syn of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta mutabilis — Rafinesque (1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. nigrescens Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 59.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. nigrescens — Rafinesque (1820)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. nigrescens — Rafinesque (1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 59.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. radiata — Rafinesque (1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. violacina Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus violacinus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 59.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. violacina — Rafinesque (1820)
Potamilus violacinus — Rafinesque (1818)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. viridis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 59.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. viridis — Rafinesque (1820)

Anodonta rufa Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831, Continuation: 6. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 82. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta rufa — Rafinesque (1831)

Unio ohiensis Say, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834, Amer. Conch. 6: [synonymy].
(reference to Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio ohiensis — Say (1834)
Symphynota inflata — Ferussac (1835)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissima — Simpson (1914)
Proptera laevissima — Frierson (1927)
Proptera gracilis — Haas (1969)
Potamilus ohiensis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Anodonta ohioensis Agassiz, 1852
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 648.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 437.
Oesch, 1984, Missouri Naiades: 183 [as ‘Potamilus’].
(error for Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta ohioensis — Agassiz (1852)
Potamilus ohiensis — Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996)

Unio discoideus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 53, sp. 275; errata [changed to ‘U. laevissimus Lea’].
(misidentified reference to Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834)

Unio discoideus — Sowerby (1866)
Margaron (Unio) lævissimus — Lea (1870)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimus — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissima — Simpson (1914)
Proptera laevissima — Frierson (1927)
Proptera gracilis — Haas (1969)
Potamilus ohiensis — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Unio levissimus de Gregorio, 1914
‘Lea’ de Gregorio, 1914, Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 37.
(error for Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829)

Unio levissimus — de Gregorio (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta ohioensis — Simpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissimus — Simpson (1900)
Unio (s.s.) laevissimus — Call (1900)
Proptera laevissima — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1914), Utterback (1916), Ortmann (1925), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Mackie et al. (1980)
Anodonta ohiensis — Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934)
Lampsilis (Proptera) laevissima — Simpson (1914)
Unio levissimus — de Gregorio (1914)
Lastena ohiensis — Utterback (1915), Modell (1945)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Leptodea laevissima — Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979), Gordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), ITIS (2012)
Potamilus ohiensis — Morrison (1969), Turgeon et al. (1988), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Inoue et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Graf & Cummings (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Proptera gracilis — Haas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilis — R.I. Johnson (1970)
Potamilus ohioensis — Oesch (1984)
Proptera laevissimus — ITIS (2012)

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