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nominal species Mya ventricosa Humphrey, 1797

Mya ventricosa Humphrey, 1797 = Potamilus purpuratus

‘Solander’ Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 56.
‘Solander’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 26 [as ‘U.ventricosa’].
(intro'd as syn of Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819)

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaron (Unio) purpuratus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870: 61.

+ Unio purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Reeve, 1865: pl. 24, sp. 115.

= Unio (Naidea) ventricosus Soland. — Adams & Adams, 1857: 492.

+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Conrad, 1853: 255.

+ Margaron (Unio) purpuratus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852: 38.

+ Margarita (Unio) purpuratus Lam. — Lea, 1838: 25.

+ Margarita (Unio) purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836: 39.

+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Ferussac, 1835: 26.

= Mya ventricosa Soland. — Humphrey, 1797: 59.