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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio complanata

nominal species Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819


Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 73, sp. 12.
(new name for Unio purpureus Say, 1817)
Type(s): PARATYPE MNHN_MPL_0008, Habite les rivières de l’etat de New-Yorck [Lives in the rivers of the State of New York ].

= Elliptio complanata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2012
+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — Burch, 1975
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1970
+ Elliptio (s.s.) violaceus violaceus (Spengler, 1793) — Haas, 1969
+ Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) — R.I. Johnson, 1969
+ Elliptio (s.s.) complanatus (Dillwyn, 1817) — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Simpson, 1914
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) complanatus (Solander) Dillwyn, 1817 — Simpson, 1900
+ Margaron (Unio) complanata (Solan.) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817 — Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio complanatus Solander — Küster, 1856
+ Unio complanatus Solander — Conrad, 1853
+ Unio (Elliptio) purpureus Say — Mörch, 1853
+ Margaron (Unio) complanatus (Soland. Dill.) — Lea, 1852
+ Unio complanatus Lea — Hanley, 1843
= Unio (Cunicula) purpurascens Lamarck, 1819 — Swainson, 1840
= Mysca purpurascens Lam. — Schlüter, 1838
+ Margarita (Unio) complanatus Lea — Lea, 1838
+ Margarita (Unio) complanata (‘Solander’ Dillwyn, 1817) — Lea, 1836
+ Unio complanatus Soland., Dilw. — Ferussac, 1835
+ Unio complanatus (Solander) — Lea, 1834
= Unio purpurascens Lamk. — Deshayes, 1832
= Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1830
+ Unio complanatus Solander MSS. — Lea, 1829
= Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819 — Menke, 1828
+ Unio purpureus ? — Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
+ Unio purpureusBarnes, 1823
= Unio purpurascensLamarck, 1819

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