Anodonta purpurea Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827, Recueil Observ. Zool. Anat. Comp. 2(11-12): 236, pl. 48 bis, figs. 3a-b.
Type(s): UNKNOWN ,

Anodonta purpurea — Valenciennes (1827), Hanley (1843), Adams & Adams (1857)
Margarita (Anodonta) purpurea — Lea (1836)
Margaron (Anodonta) purpurea — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Dalliella purpurea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Simpsonella purpurea — Simpson (1914), Haas (1914), Thiele (1934), Modell (1945), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2009), Bogan (2010), Zieritz et al. (2018)

Anodonta burroughiana Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 105, pl. 16, fig. 49.

Anodonta burroughiana — Lea (1834)
Anodon burroughianus — Sowerby (1870)
Margaron (Anodonta) burroughiana — Lea (1870)
Dalliella purpurea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Simpsonella purpurea — Haas (1914), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)

Unio bengalensis Lea, 1838
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1838, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 3, pl. 2, fig. 3.

Unio bengalensis — Lea (1838), Hanley (1843), Küster (1861)
Margarita (Unio) bengalensis — Lea (1836)
Margaron (Unio) bengalensis — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Hyridella) bengalensis — Adams & Adams (1857)
Unio (sec. Hyridella) bengalensis — Paetel (1890)
Dalliella purpurea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Simpsonella purpurea — Haas (1914), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)

Unio verecundus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295.
Gould, 1852, U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 431, figs. 541a-c.
Type(s): TYPE USNM_5926, Manilla.

Unio verecundus — Gould (1850), Reeve (1865)
Margaron (Unio) bengalensis — Lea (1852), Lea (1870)
Dalliella purpurea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Simpsonella purpurea — Haas (1914), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2009)

Unio mauritianus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 257 [75], pl. 40, fig. 138.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965157, Mauritius [No — probably from the Philippines.].

Unio mauritianus — Lea (1859)
Margaron (Unio) mauritianus — Lea (1870)
Dalliella purpurea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Simpsonella purpurea — Haas (1914), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2009)

Anodon bengalensis Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 49.
(homonym of Unio bengalensis Lea, 1838)

Anodon bengalensis — Sowerby (1867)
Dalliella purpurea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Simpsonella purpurea — Haas (1914), Simpson (1914)

Anodonta heldii Clessin, 1873
Clessin, 1873, Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 64, pl. 19, fig. 1.

Anodonta heldii — Clessin (1873)
Dalliella purpurea — Simpson (1900), Preston (1912)
Simpsonella purpurea — Simpson (1914)