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nominal species Unio cuprinus Sowerby, 1868

Unio cuprinus Sowerby, 1868 = Popenaias metallica

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 66, sp. 336.
(reference to Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831)

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus var. nephritica [sic] Crosse & Fischer, 1894 — Martens, 1900: 505.

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1900: 572.

+ Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus I. Lea, 1830 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894: 615.