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Publication Frierson (1912): summary

Full Citation

Frierson, L.S. 1912. Unio (Lampsilis?) purpuriatus Say. Nautilus 26(2): 22-23. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927 = Disconaias fimbriata

‘Say’ Frierson, 1912. Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4 [as ‘Lampsilis purpuriatus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 368.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] UMMZ_91175 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 147), Valles River, Mecos, Mexico.

Lampsilis purpuriatus Frierson, 1912 = Disconaias fimbriata

‘Say’ Frierson, 1912. Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831)

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