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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini | Popenaias metallica

nominal species Unio metallicus Say, 1831

Unio metallicus Say, 1831 = Popenaias metallica

Say, 1831. New Harm. Dissem. 1(29): [no pagination].
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 133.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Mexico....Lake Chalco?

= Popenaias metallica

Taxonomic Opinions

= Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831) — Cummings et al., 2025

= Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831) — Czaja et al., 2023

= Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831) — Inoue et al., 2020

= Popenaias metallica Say, 1831 — Bogan, 2010

= Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Nephronaias (Popenaias) metallica (Say, 1831) — Haas, 1969

= Elliptio (Popenaias) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Frierson, 1927

= Lampsilis (Proptera) metallica (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1914

= Lampsilis (Proptera) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus var. persulcatus Lea, 1859 — Martens, 1900

+ Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus I. Lea, 1830 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894

+ Margaron (Unio) cuprinus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio metallicus Say, 1830 — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) cuprinus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio cuprinus Lea — Hanley, 1843

+ Margarita (Unio) cuprinus Lea — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) cuprinus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836

= Unio metallicus Say — Ferussac, 1835

 
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