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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.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831) — Cummings et al., 2025: 300, pl. 61 top.

+ — Inoue et al., 2020: 458.

+ Nephronaias (Popenaias) metallica (Say, 1831) — Haas, 1969: 202.

+ Elliptio (Popenaias) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Frierson, 1927: 38.

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) metallica (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1914: 180.

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1900: 572.

= Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus Lea, 1831 — Martens, 1900: 505, 650.

= Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus I. Lea, 1830 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894: 615.

= Unio cuprinus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].

= Margaron (Unio) cuprinus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 61.

= Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831 — Sowerby, 1868: pl. 66, sp. 336.

= Unio (Naidea) cuprinus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857: 492.

+ Unio metallicus Say, 1830 — Conrad, 1853: 252.

= Margaron (Unio) cuprinus (Lea) — Lea, 1852: 38.

= Unio cuprinus Lea — Hanley, 1843: 208, pl. 22, fig. 7.

= Margarita (Unio) cuprinus Lea — Lea, 1838: 25.

= Margarita (Unio) cuprinus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836: 39.

+ Unio metallicus Say — Ferussac, 1835: 29.