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 purpuriatus Frierson, 1912

‘Say’ Frierson, 1912, Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4.
(reference to Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831)

= Disconaias purpuriata

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) purpuriata (Say) — Haas, 1929
+ Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927 — Frierson, 1927
+ Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831 — Simpson, 1914

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