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nominal species Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819

Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819 = Potamilus purpuratus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 155, fig. 10 [?]. [pre-linnaean]
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 6.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] MHNG_UNKNOWN (by R.I. Johnson, 1953: 92), Habite... Je la crois des grandes rivières de l’ Afrique.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 288.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — FMCS, 2025: [5].

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Cummings et al., 2025: 430, pl. 87 bottom, Tables 6, 16.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Hopper et al., 2023.

= Potamilus purpuratus — Hauck et al., 2023: fig. 7.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 18.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — FMCS, 2021: [6].

= Potamilus purpuratus — Inoue et al., 2020: Table S2.

= Potamilus purpuratus — Smith et al., 2020: 517.

= Potamilus purpuratus — Johnson & Smith, 2020: 5.

= Potamilus purpuratus — Smith & Johnson, 2020: 2.

= Potamilus purpuratus — Smith et al., 2019: 337, fig. 2, Table S1.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Marshall et al., 2018: 42.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2017: 42.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — ITIS, 2012: [web].

= Potamilus purpuratus — Haag, 2012: 69.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — McMurray et al., 2012: 53.

= Potamilus purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Bogan, 2010: [web].

= Potamilus purpuratus — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 376, 377.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008: 605.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 306.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Tiemann et al., 2007: 117.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Zanatta & Murphy, 2006: 197.

= Potamilus purpuratus — Walker et al., 2006: 271.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck) — Jones et al., 2005: 91, Appendix 1.

= Potamilus purpuratus — Curole & Kocher, 2005: 384.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Campbell et al., 2005: 155.

= Potamilus purpuratus — Krebs et al., 2003: 311.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003: 43, text fig..

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Huang et al., 2002: 360.

= Potamilus purpuratus — Hoeh et al., 2002: 2254.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck) — Lydeard et al., 1999: 129.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1999: 30.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 199, pl. 96.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Turgeon et al., 1998: 36.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Roe & Lydeard, 1998: 195.

= Potamilus purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1998: 431, pl. 23, fig. 1.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997: 140.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Howells et al., 1996: 100, text fig..

= Potamilus purpuratus — Lydeard et al., 1996: 1595.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck) — Williams et al., 1993: 14.

= Potamilus purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Vidrine, 1993: 163, pl. 16, figs. G-K.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992: 126, text fig..

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Turgeon et al., 1988: 32.

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Oesch, 1984: 180, text figs..

= Proptera purpurata (Lam.) — Davis & Fuller, 1981: 219.

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1980: 98, List 2, sp. XIV; Table 5.

= Proptera purpurata — Gordon et al., 1979: 35, Table 3.

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975: 21.

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969: 417.

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Murray & Leonard, 1962: 129, pl. 35, figs. 1-4.

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Frierson, 1927: 86, sp. 392.

= Proptera purpurata (Lam.) — Ortmann, 1925: 352.

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck) — Utterback, 1916: 381, pl. 26, figs. 92a-d.

= Lampsilis (Proptera) purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914: 166.

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann, 1912: 334.

= Lampsilis (Proptera) purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1900: 568.

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896: 504.

= Unio purpuratus Lamarck — Call, 1895: 38, pl. 5-6.

= Unio purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Singley, 1893: 320.

= Unio (sec. Naïa) purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Paetel, 1890: 164.

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — B.H. Wright, 1888: [5].

= Unio (Limnium sec. Naidea) purpuratus Lamarck — Fischer, 1886: 1000.

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Lea, 1874: 69, pl. 21, fig. 13.

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

+ Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834 — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 51, sp. 270.

= Unio purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Reeve, 1865: pl. 24, sp. 115.

= Unio purpuratus Lamark [sic] — Küster, 1861: 185, pl. 59, fig. 1.

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Conrad, 1853: 255.

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

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Hanley, 1843: 208, pl. 22, fig. 5.

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

= Margarita (Unio) purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836: 39.

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Ferussac, 1835: 26.

= Unio purpurata — Jay, 1835: 15.

+ Unio ater Lea — Lea, 1834: 87.

+ Unio rectus Lam. — Lea, 1829: 418, 422.

+ Unio prælongus — Barnes, 1823: 261.

= Unio purpurata — Lamarck, 1819: 71.