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nominal species Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831

Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831 = Popenaias metallica

Lea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 94, pl. 12, fig. 24.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_86121 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 40), Mexico.

= Popenaias metallica

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ — Inoue et al., 2020

+ Nephronaias (Popenaias) metallica (Say, 1831) — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio (Popenaias) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Frierson, 1927

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) metallica (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus Lea, 1831 — Martens, 1900

= Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus I. Lea, 1830 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

= Unio cuprinus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Margaron (Unio) cuprinus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio (Naidea) cuprinus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857

+ Unio metallicus Say, 1830 — Conrad, 1853

= Margaron (Unio) cuprinus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio cuprinus Lea — Hanley, 1843

= Margarita (Unio) cuprinus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Margarita (Unio) cuprinus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio metallicus Say — Ferussac, 1835