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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Disconaias

species Disconaias purpuriata (Say, 1831): nominal species

Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831
Say, 1831, New Harm. Dissem. 1(29): [no pagination].
Say, 1858, [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 133.

Unio purpuriatusSay (1831), Ferussac (1835), Conrad (1853), B.H. Wright (1888), Singley (1893), Simpson (1914)
Margaron (Unio) medellinusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio medellinusKüster (1861)
Unio (Graphonaias) medellinusFischer & Crosse (1894)
Nephronaias medellinusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinusMartens (1900)
Nephronaias medellinaSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriataFrierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969)
Disconaias purpuriataGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)

Unio purpuratus Küster, 1861
‘Say’ Küster, 1861, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 162.
(error for Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831)

Unio purpuratusKüster (1861)

Unio aztecorum Martens, 1900
‘Philippi’ Martens, 1900, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 37, figs. 2-2a. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio aztecorum Philippi, 1847)

Unio aztecorumMartens (1900)
Nephronaias aztecorumSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriataFrierson (1927)

Unio strebeli Pilsbry, 1910
‘Lea’ Pilsbry, 1910, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 533.
(misidentified reference to Unio strebelii Lea, 1866)

Unio strebeliPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryanaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriataHaas (1929)

Lampsilis purpuriatus Frierson, 1912
‘Say’ Frierson, 1912, Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4.
(reference to Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831)

Lampsilis purpuriatusFrierson (1912)
Unio purpuriatusSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryanaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriataHaas (1929)

Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927
‘Say’ Frierson, 1912, Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4 [as ‘Lampsilis purpuriatus’].
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 368.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_91175, Valles River, Mecos, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryanaFrierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriataHaas (1929), Haas (1969)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nephronaias medellinusSimpson (1900)
Unio (Elliptio) medellinusMartens (1900)
Unio aztecorumMartens (1900)
Unio strebeliPilsbry (1910)
Lampsilis purpuriatusFrierson (1912)
Nephronaias medellinaSimpson (1914)
Unio purpuriatusSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias aztecorumSimpson (1914)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriataFrierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryanaFrierson (1927)
Disconaias purpuriataGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)

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