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

nominal species Unio poulsoni Sowerby, 1866

Unio poulsoni Sowerby, 1866 = Potamilus purpuratus

specimen image from publication‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 270.
(reference to Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834)

= Potamilus purpuratus

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

 
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