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nominal species Unio aereus Reeve, 1865

Unio aereus Reeve, 1865 = Popenaias metallica

specimen image from publicationReeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 30, sp. 160.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, unknown.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Popenaias metallica (Say, 1831) — Cummings et al., 2025: 301.

+ Nephronaias (Popenaias) metallica (Say, 1831) — Haas, 1969: 202.

+ Elliptio (Popenaias) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Frierson, 1927: 38.

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) metallica (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1914: 180.

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1900: 573.

= Unio aereus Reeve, 1856 — Paetel, 1890: 144.

+ Margaron (Unio) cuprinus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 61.

= Unio aereus Reeve, 1865 — Reeve, 1865: pl. 30, sp. 160.