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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 cerina (Conrad, 1838): synonymy
     7 specimens + 7 Genbank vouchers

Unio cerinus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 95, pl. 52.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 246.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_41644, New Orleans, La.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) cerinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia cerinaOrtmann (1912), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Vidrine (1993), Rosenberg et al. (1994), ... Johnson et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) flavaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia flava flavaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia flavaR.I. Johnson (1980), Howells et al. (1996)

Unio glandaceus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 59.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 77 [81], pl. 9, fig. 226.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84577, Cahawba R., Ala.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) glandaceaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) glandaceaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia glandaceaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio negatus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 59.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 76 [80], pl. 9, fig. 225.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84382, Big Prairie Cr., Ala.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) flava-negataFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia flava negataHaas (1969)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio rubidus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 40.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 95 [99], pl. 14, fig. 244.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84381, Columbus, Tombigbee R., Miss.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) hebetataFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia hebetataHaas (1969)
Fusconaia flavaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008)

Quadrula rubidula Frierson, 1905
Frierson, 1905. Nautilus 19(2): 14, pl. 1, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_113535, North River, Tyner, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidulaSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) rubidulaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia rubidulaHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) castanea Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 877.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_159959, Tombigbee R., Moscow, Ala.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) castaneaSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) flava-nasutaFrierson (1927)
Haas (1969)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) cerinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) glandaceaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia cerinaOrtmann (1912), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Vidrine (1993), Rosenberg et al. (1994), ... Johnson et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidulaSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) castaneaSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) flavaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) glandaceaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) flava-negataFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) hebetataFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) rubidulaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic]) flava-nasutaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia flava flavaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia glandaceaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia flava negataHaas (1969)
Fusconaia hebetataHaas (1969)
Fusconaia rubidulaHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Haas (1969)
Fusconaia flavaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Howells et al. (1996)

 
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