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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus purpuratus

nominal species Unio dolosus Sowerby, 1866

Unio dolosus Sowerby, 1866 = Potamilus purpuratus

(reference to Unio dolosus Lea, 1860)
specimen image from publicationβ€˜Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 228.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) β€” Frierson, 1927: 86.

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) purpuratus Lamarck β€” Simpson, 1900: 568.

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