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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Disconaias purpuriata

nominal species Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927

‘Say’ Frierson, 1912, Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4 [as ‘Lampsilis purpuriatus’].
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 368.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_91175, Valles River, Mecos, Mexico.

= Disconaias purpuriata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriata (Say, 1831) — Haas, 1969
+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriata (Say) — Haas, 1929
= Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927 — Frierson, 1927

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