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 Unio ater Lea, 1829

Lea, 1829, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 426, pl. 7, fig. 9.
(homonym of Unio ater Nilsson, 1822; renamed Unio lugubris Say, 1832)
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_86108, Port Gibson, Miss.

= Potamilus purpuratus

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Williams et al., 2008
+ Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969
+ Proptera purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Frierson, 1927
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio ater Lea, 1829 — de Gregorio, 1914
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio purpuratus Lamarck — Call, 1895
+ Unio (sec. Naïa) purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Paetel, 1890
+ Margaron (Unio) purpuratus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834 — Sowerby, 1866
+ Unio purpuratus Lamarck, 1819 — Reeve, 1865
+ Unio purpuratus Lamark [sic] — Küster, 1861
+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Conrad, 1853
= Lampsilis ater — Agassiz, 1852
+ Margaron (Unio) purpuratus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852
+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Hanley, 1843
= Aeglia (Naidea) ater (Lea, 1829) — Swainson, 1840
+ Margarita (Unio) purpuratus Lam. — Lea, 1838
+ Margarita (Unio) purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) — Lea, 1836
+ Unio purpuratus Lam. — Ferussac, 1835
+ Unio purpurata — Jay, 1835
= Unio ater Lea — Lea, 1834
= Unio atra Lea — Deshayes, 1832
= Unio ater Lea — Lea, 1829

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