MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Bivalvia | Cardiida | Tellinoidea | Semelidae | Semele
species Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791): synonymy
Synonymy
Venus purpurascens Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??.
Semele purpurascens — Combosch et al. (2017)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Semele purpurascens — Combosch et al. (2017)
