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

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 307.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 75 [79], pl. 9, fig. 224.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86119, Claiborne, Ala.
+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008: 607.
+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 200.
+ Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Howells et al., 1996: 75, text fig..
+ Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Oesch, 1984: 172.
+ Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969: 417.
+ Proptera purpurata-poulsoni (Conrad, 1834) — Frierson, 1927: 87.
+ Lasmonos fragilis Rafinesque — Utterback, 1916: 352.
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914: 167.
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1900: 568.
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823 — Call, 1895: 19.
= Unio dolosus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [2].
= Margaron (Unio) dolosus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 61.
= Unio dolosus Lea, 1860 — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 41, sp. 228.