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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Disconaias fimbriata

nominal species Lampsilis purpuriatus Frierson, 1912

Lampsilis purpuriatus Frierson, 1912 = Disconaias fimbriata

‘Say’ Frierson, 1912. Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831)

= Disconaias fimbriata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriata (Say) — Haas, 1929

+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927 — Frierson, 1927

+ Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831 — Simpson, 1914

 
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