WoRMS name details
Villosa perpurpurea (I. Lea, 1861)
857424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857424)
unaccepted
Species
Eurynia (Micromya) perpurpurea (I. Lea, 1861) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Eurynia) perpurpurea (I. Lea, 1861) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) perpurpureus (I. Lea, 1861) · unaccepted
Micromya perpurpurea (I. Lea, 1861) · unaccepted
Unio perpurpureus I. Lea, 1861 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Unio perpurpureus I. Lea, 1861) Lea, I. (1861). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of Unionidae from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Florida. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 38-41 [19 March 1861]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683167
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Villosa perpurpurea (I. Lea, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857424 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Unio perpurpureus I. Lea, 1861) Lea, I. (1861). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of Unionidae from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Florida. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 38-41 [19 March 1861]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683167
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Williams JD, Bogan AE, Butler RS, Cummings KS, Garner JT, Harris JL, Johnson, NA, Watters GT. (2017). A revised list of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada. <em>Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation.</em> 20: 33–58., available online at https://molluskconservation.org/PUBLICATIONS/FMBC/FMBC_Vol20/FMBC_Volume20-2.pdf
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio perpurpureus. Lea, 1861. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 41 - catalog no. 56483) (from synonym Unio perpurpureus I. Lea, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Villosa perpurpurea)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85246 Unio perpurpureus Holotype) (from synonym Unio perpurpureus I. Lea, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Villosa perpurpurea)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 85246 Unio perpurpureus Holotype) (from synonym Unio perpurpureus I. Lea, 1861)
