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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus purpuratus

nominal species Unio coloradoensis Lea, 1856

Unio coloradoensis Lea, 1856 = Potamilus purpuratus

Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 103.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 314 [34], pl. 31, fig. 29.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84845 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 32), Colorado R., Texas.

= Potamilus purpuratus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Cummings et al., 2025

+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

= Potamilus purpuratus coloradoensis (I. Lea, 1856) — Roe & Lydeard, 1998

+ Potamilus purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1998

+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Howells et al., 1996

+ Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

+ Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (Proptera) coloradoensis (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1914

+ — de Gregorio, 1914

= Lampsilis (Proptera) coloradoensis (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio purpuratus Lamarck — Call, 1895

= Unio coloradoensis Lea — Singley, 1893

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

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