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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus purpuratus

nominal species Mya ventricosa Humphrey, 1797

‘Solander’ Humphrey, 1797, Mus. Col.: 56.
‘Solander’ Ferussac, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5: 26 [as ‘U.ventricosa’].
(intro'd as syn of Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819)

= Potamilus purpuratus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Margaron (Unio) purpuratus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Reeve, 1865
= Unio (Naidea) ventricosus Soland. — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Conrad, 1853
+ Margaron (Unio) purpuratus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852
+ Margarita (Unio) purpuratus Lam. — Lea, 1838
+ Margarita (Unio) purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836
+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Ferussac, 1835
= Mya ventricosa Soland. — Humphrey, 1797

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