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nominal species Unio purpurellus Lea, 1857

Unio purpurellus Lea, 1857 = Elliptio purpurella

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 198 [16], pl. 23, fig. 81.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85675, Flint R., Albany, Georgia.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 289.

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — FMCS, 2025: [2].

= Elliptio purpurella (I. Lea, 1857) — MolluscaBase, 2024: [web].

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Hopper et al., 2023.

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 19.

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — FMCS, 2021: [3].

= Elliptio purpurella — Inoue et al., 2018: Table S2.

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2017: 38.

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2014: 218, text fig..

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012: 28.

= Elliptio purpurellus — Haag, 2012: 73.

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2011: 6.

= Elliptio purpurella Lea, 1857 — Bogan, 2010: [12].

= Elliptio purpurella — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 377.

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Williams et al., 2008: 209.

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 307.

= Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857) — Brim Box & Williams, 2000: 46, fig. 18.

+ Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998: 76.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) nigella (Lea, 1853) — Burch, 1975: 170.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) nigellus (Lea, 1853) — Haas, 1969: 225.

+ Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) — Clench & Turner, 1956: 166.

+ Elliptio (s.s.) nigellus (Lea, 1853) — Frierson, 1927: 28.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1914: 646.

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) arctatus var. tortivus Lea, 1840 — Simpson, 1900: 718.

= Unio purpurellus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888: [5].

= Margaron (Unio) purpurellus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 53.