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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Obovaria

species Obovaria arkansasensis (Lea, 1862): synonymy

3 specimens + 100 Genbank vouchers

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Unio castaneus Lea, 1831

specimen image from publicationLea, 1831. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 91 [101], pl. 11, fig. 21.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84824, Claiborne, Alabama.

Obovaria (Pseudoon) castaneaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Obovaria (Pseudoon) castaneusOrtmann (1912)
Obovaria jacksonianaR.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell & Lydeard (2012)

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Unio arkansasensis Lea, 1862

Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 169.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 206 [28], pl. 30, fig. 275.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_25710, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) arkansasensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) arkansasensisSimpson (1914)
Eurynia (Micromya) arkansasensisOrtmann (1916)
Lampsilis (Venusta) arkansensis [sic]Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) arkansasensisHaas (1969)
Villosa arkansasensisGordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Wu et al. (2018)
Obovaria arkansasensisInoue et al. (2013), Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Marshall et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Lampsilis arkansensis Frierson, 1927

‘Lea’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 81, sp. 355.
(error for Unio arkansasensis Lea, 1862)

Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) arkansasensisHaas (1969)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Obovaria (Pseudoon) castaneaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) arkansasensisSimpson (1900)
Obovaria (Pseudoon) castaneusOrtmann (1912)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) arkansasensisSimpson (1914)
Obovaria (Pseudoon) jacksonianaSimpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Eurynia (Micromya) arkansasensisOrtmann (1916)
Lampsilis (Venusta) arkansensis [sic]Frierson (1927)
Lampsilis (Venustaconcha) arkansasensisHaas (1969)
Obovaria jacksonianaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Turgeon et al. (1988), Vidrine (1993), ... Haag (2012), McMurray et al. (2012), Watters (2018), Porto-Hannes et al. (2019), Hauck et al. (2023)
Villosa arkansasensisGordon et al. (1979), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Wu et al. (2018)
Obovaria arkansasensisInoue et al. (2013), Williams et al. (2017), Watters (2018), Marshall et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

 
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