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. (2026). 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 2026-02-04
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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 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 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)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
