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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Alasmidonta atropurpurea (Rafinesque, 1831): synonymy
     1 specimen

Decurambis atropurpureum Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80.
Type(s): NEOTYPE USNM_150522, South Fork Cumberland River, Fentress Co., Tennessee.

Alasmidonta atropurpureumSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Morrison (1969), Turgeon et al. (1988), IUCN (2012)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) atropurpureaOrtmann (1918), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Haas (1969)
Decurambis marginata-atropurpureumFrierson (1927)
Alasmodonta (sec. Decurambis) atropurpureaThiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) marginataBurch (1975)
Alasmidonta ravenelianaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Alasmidonta atropurpureaWilliams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta atropurpureumSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Morrison (1969), Turgeon et al. (1988), IUCN (2012)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) atropurpureaOrtmann (1918), Clarke (1981), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginataOrtmann & Walker (1922), Haas (1969)
Decurambis marginata-atropurpureumFrierson (1927)
Alasmodonta (sec. Decurambis) atropurpureaThiele (1934)
Alasmidonta (s.s.) marginataBurch (1975)
Alasmidonta ravenelianaR.I. Johnson (1980)
Alasmidonta atropurpureaWilliams et al. (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Turgeon et al. (1998), Cicerello & Schuster (2003), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Whelan et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

 
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