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

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nominal species Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831


Lea, 1831, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 94, pl. 12, fig. 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86121, Mexico.

= Popenaias metallica

Taxonomic Opinions

- NO OPINION — Inoue et al., 2020
+ Nephronaias (Popenaias) metallica (Say, 1831) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio (Popenaias) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Frierson, 1927
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) metallica (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1914
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) metallicus (Say, 1831) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus Lea, 1831 — Martens, 1900
= Unio (Simonaias) cuprinus I. Lea, 1830 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894
= Unio cuprinus Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Margaron (Unio) cuprinus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831 — Sowerby, 1868
= Unio (Naidea) cuprinus Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Unio metallicus Say, 1830 — Conrad, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) cuprinus (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio cuprinus Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Margarita (Unio) cuprinus Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) cuprinus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836
+ Unio metallicus Say — Ferussac, 1835

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