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

nominal species Unio ater Lea, 1829

image of type lot

Unio ater Lea, 1829 = Potamilus purpuratus

specimen image from publicationLea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 426, pl. 7, fig. 9.
(renamed Unio lugubris Say, 1832; homonym of Unio ater Nilsson, 1822)
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_86108, Port Gibson, Miss.

= Potamilus purpuratus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

+ Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Frierson, 1927

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914

= Unio ater Lea, 1829 — de Gregorio, 1914

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio purpuratus Lamarck — Call, 1895

+ Unio (sec. Naïa) purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Paetel, 1890

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

+ Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834 — Sowerby, 1866

+ Unio purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Reeve, 1865

+ Unio purpuratus Lamark [sic] — Küster, 1861

+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Conrad, 1853

= Lampsilis aterAgassiz, 1852

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

+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Hanley, 1843

= Aeglia (Naidea) ater (Lea, 1829) — Swainson, 1840

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

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

+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Unio purpurataJay, 1835

= Unio ater Lea — Lea, 1834

= Unio atra Lea — Deshayes, 1832

= Unio ater Lea — Lea, 1829

 
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