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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio complanata

nominal species Unio purpureus Say, 1817

Unio purpureus Say, 1817 = Elliptio complanata

Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 3, fig. 1.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 3, fig. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 50.
(renamed Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819)

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970

+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969

+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914

+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) complanata (Solan.) — Lea, 1870

+ Naia complanatus (Lea) [sic] — Perkins, 1869

= Unio purpureus Say, 1817 — Sowerby, 1868

+ Unio complanatus Solander — Küster, 1856

+ Unio complanatus Solander — Conrad, 1853

= Unio (Elliptio) purpureus Say — Mörch, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) complanatus (Soland. Dill.) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio complanatus Lea — Hanley, 1843

+ Unio complanatusDe Kay, 1843

+ Margarita (Unio) complanatus Lea — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Unio) complanata (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio complanatus Soland., Dilw. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Unio complanata Soland — Ravenel, 1834

+ Unio complanatus (Solander) — Lea, 1834

+ Unio purpurascens Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832

+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1830

+ Unio complanatus Solander MSS. — Lea, 1829

= Unio purpureus ? — Bory de St. Vincent, 1827

= Unio purpureusBarnes, 1823

= Unio (Elliptio) purpureus Say — Rafinesque, 1820

+ Unio purpurascensLamarck, 1819

= Unio purpureus Say, 1817 — Say, 1819

= Unio purpureus Say, 1817 — Say, 1817

 
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