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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia

species Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887): synonymy
     5 specimens

Unio ozarkensis Call, 1887
Call, 1887. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 10: 498, pl. 27.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 33, pl. 18.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_5707 (by R.I. Johnson, 1975: 143), Jacks Fork, Current River, Shannon Co., Mo.

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ozarkensisSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ozarkensisSimpson (1914)
Nephronaias ozarkensisUtterback (1916)
Fusconaia ozarkensisOrtmann (1923), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) ozarkensisFrierson (1927)

Pleurobema argentea pannosa Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 82.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 763.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 799.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio argenteus Lea, 1841)

Pleurobema (s.s.) argentea var. pannosaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema argenteus pannosaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) argenteum var. pannosumSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pannosaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia pannosaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia ozarkensisBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), IUCN (2011)

Pleurobema brevis subelliptica Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 80.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 763 [as ‘subilliptica’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 801.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio brevis Lea, 1872)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_159952, Hardy, Ark.

Pleurobema (s.s.) brevis var. subilliptica [sic]Simpson (1900)
Pleurobema brevis subellipticaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) breve var. subellipticumSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) subellipticaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia subellipticaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia ozarkensisBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), IUCN (2011)

Pleurobema utterbackii Utterback, 1915
Frierson in Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 197, pl. 5, fig. 12a-b; pl 20, figs. 63A-D.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 57, sp. 247 [as ‘Q. (Fusconaia) utterbackii’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) MCZ_271448, White R., Hollister, Taney Co., Missouri.

Pleurobema utterbackiiUtterback (1915)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) utterbackiiFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia utterbackiiHaas (1969)
Fusconaia ozarkensisBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), IUCN (2011)

Quadrula (Fusconaia) flava sampsoniana Frierson, 1927
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 55, sp. 235d.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Quadrula) flava Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE UMMZ_92226 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 149), Elk River, Missouri.

Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) flava-sampsonianaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia flava sampsonianaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia ozarkensisR.I. Johnson (1980)
Fusconaia flavaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

Pleurobema brevis var. subilliptica Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 763.
(error for Pleurobema brevis subelliptica Simpson, 1900)

Pleurobema (s.s.) breve var. subellipticumSimpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ozarkensisSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) argentea var. pannosaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema argenteus pannosaSimpson (1900)
Pleurobema (s.s.) brevis var. subilliptica [sic]Simpson (1900)
Pleurobema brevis subellipticaSimpson (1900)
Lampsilis (Eurynia) ozarkensisSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) argenteum var. pannosumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema (s.s.) breve var. subellipticumSimpson (1914)
Pleurobema utterbackiiUtterback (1915)
Nephronaias ozarkensisUtterback (1916)
Fusconaia ozarkensisOrtmann (1923), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969), Burch (1975), Gordon et al. (1979), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) ozarkensisFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) pannosaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) subellipticaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) utterbackiiFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) flava-sampsonianaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia pannosaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia subellipticaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia utterbackiiHaas (1969)
Fusconaia flava sampsonianaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia flavaParmalee & Bogan (1998)

 
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