Publication Inoue et al. (2026): summary

Full Citation

Inoue, K., J.L. Harris & N.A. Johnson. 2026. Description of multiple cryptic species of Obovaria Rafinesque, 1819 (Bivalvia: Unionida) from the Mississippi Embayment and Gulf coastal rivers of North America. Zootaxa 5881(4): 451-488. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5881.4.1.

Attributed Nominal Species

Obovaria lumbo Johnson in Inoue et al., 2026 = Obovaria lumbo

Johnson in Inoue et al., 2026. Zootaxa 5881(4): 475, fig. 15.
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_1774716, Pearl River (Gulf—Pearl River), about 1.1 air km downstream (south) of Lock Number 3, Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge, 18 km south of Bogalusa, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, 30.62729, -89.86710.

Obovaria neeskaensis Inoue & Harris in Inoue et al., 2026 = Obovaria neeskaensis

Inoue & Harris in Inoue et al., 2026. Zootaxa 5881(4): 469, fig. 12.
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_1774704, Indian Bayou (Gulf—Mississippi River—White River), 2.7 river km upstream of Arkansas Highway 1 bridge, 6.8 air km NNE of St. Charles, Monroe County, Arkansas, 34.42749, -91.09644.

Obovaria pinetorum Inoue & Harris in Inoue et al., 2026 = Obovaria pinetorum

Inoue & Harris in Inoue et al., 2026. Zootaxa 5881(4): 471, fig. 13.
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_1774711, Village Creek (Gulf—Neches River), at the Baby Galvez Road access, 3.1 air km WSW of Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas, 30.33422, -94.20477.

Obovaria sipseyensis Inoue & Harris in Inoue et al., 2026 = Obovaria sipseyensis

Inoue & Harris in Inoue et al., 2026. Zootaxa 5881(4): 467, fig. 11.
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_1774708, Sipsey River (Gulf—Mobile River—Tombigbee River), 0.9 river km upstream of the Jones Creek confluence, 2.5 air km SE of Pleasant Grove, Greene and Pickens counties, Alabama, 33.13019, -87.89453.

Obovaria tallahattae Inoue & Johnson in Inoue et al., 2026 = Obovaria tallahattae

Inoue & Johnson in Inoue et al., 2026. Zootaxa 5881(4): 473, fig. 14.
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_1774714, Big Black River (Gulf—Mississippi River), 0.4 river km upstream of Mississippi Highway 407 bridge, 15 air km SE of Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi, 33.38647, -89.61070.