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

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.

= Potamilus purpuratus

Taxonomic Opinions

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — FMCS, 2025

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

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

= Potamilus purpuratusHauck et al., 2023

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

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — FMCS, 2021

= Potamilus purpuratusInoue et al., 2020

= Potamilus purpuratusSmith et al., 2020

= Potamilus purpuratusJohnson & Smith, 2020

= Potamilus purpuratusSmith & Johnson, 2020

= Potamilus purpuratusSmith et al., 2019

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

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

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — ITIS, 2012

= Potamilus purpuratusHaag, 2012

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

= Potamilus purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Bogan, 2010

= Potamilus purpuratusCummings & Graf, 2010

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

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

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

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

= Potamilus purpuratusWalker et al., 2006

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck) — Jones et al., 2005

= Potamilus purpuratusCurole & Kocher, 2005

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

= Potamilus purpuratusKrebs et al., 2003

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003

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

= Potamilus purpuratusHoeh et al., 2002

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

= Potamilus purpuratusLydeard et al., 1996

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

= Potamilus purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Vidrine, 1993

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992

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

= Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Oesch, 1984

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

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Proptera purpurataGordon et al., 1979

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Burch, 1975

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

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Murray & Leonard, 1962

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

= Proptera purpurata (Lam.) — Ortmann, 1925

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck) — Utterback, 1916

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

= Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Ortmann, 1912

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

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896

= Unio purpuratus Lamarck — Call, 1895

= Unio purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Singley, 1893

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

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — B.H. Wright, 1888

= Unio (Limnium sec. Naidea) purpuratus Lamarck — Fischer, 1887

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Lea, 1874

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

+ Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834 — Sowerby, 1866

= Unio purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Reeve, 1865

= Unio purpuratus Lamark [sic] — Küster, 1861

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Conrad, 1853

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

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Hanley, 1843

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

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

= Unio purpuratus Lam. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio purpurataJay, 1835

+ Unio ater Lea — Lea, 1834

+ Unio rectus Lam. — Lea, 1829

+ Unio prælongusBarnes, 1823

= Unio purpurataLamarck, 1819

 
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