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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Arcidens wheeleri
nominal species Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912
Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 = Arcidens wheeleri
Ortmann & Walker, 1912. Nautilus 25(9): 98, pl. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_105514, Ouachita River, 3 mi above Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Arcidens wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 293.
= Arcidens wheeleri — Perkins et al., 2025: Table S1.
= Arcidens wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912) — FMCS, 2025: [1].
= Arcidens wheeleri — Whelan et al., 2023: 13, Table S1.
= Arcidens wheeleri (Ortmann and Walker, 1912) — Hopper et al., 2023.
= Arcidens wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 15.
= Arcidens wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912) — FMCS, 2021: [1].
= Arcidens wheeleri — Hewitt et al., 2018: [12].
= Arcidens wheeleri — Inoue et al., 2018: Table S2.
= Arcidens wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912) — Williams et al., 2017: 36.
= Arkansia wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912) — Inoue et al., 2014: 536.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — ITIS, 2012: [web].
= Arkansia wheeleri — Haag, 2012: 69.
= Arcidens wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912) — IUCN, 2011: [web].
= Arcidens wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Bogan, 2010: [3].
= Arcidens wheeleri — Cummings & Graf, 2010: 375.
= Arcidens (Arkansia) wheeleri (Ortmann & B. Walker, 1912) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 305.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Turgeon et al., 1998: 32.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Howells et al., 1996: 46, text fig..
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker — Williams et al., 1993: 11.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Turgeon et al., 1988: 29.
= Arcidens (Arkansia) wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912) — Clarke, 1981: 85, figs. 28-29.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — R.I. Johnson, 1980: 119, pl. 11, fig. 1; 97, List 2, sp. IV; Table 5.
= Arkansia wheeleri — Gordon et al., 1979: 34, Table 3.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Burch, 1975: 16.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Stansbery, 1970: 18.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Haas, 1969: 395.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Haas, 1969: N448, fig. D42:4.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker — Thiele, 1934: 829, [1263].
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Frierson, 1927: 21, sp. 35.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Simpson, 1914: 478.
= Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 — Ortmann & Walker, 1912: 98, pl. 8.
