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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 mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1895): synonymy
     25 specimens + 9 Genbank vouchers

Unio mitchelli Dall, 1895
Simpson in Dall, 1895. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18: 5.
Simpson, 1896. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18: 371, pl. 32, figs. 1-3.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 711.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 622.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_128364 (by R.I. Johnson, 1975: 15), Guadalupe R., Victoria Co., Texas.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) mitchelliSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Martens (1900)
Elliptio (Barynaias) tamaulipasensisFrierson (1927)
Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) taumilapanaHaas (1969)
Quincuncina mitchelliTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Quadrula mitchelliBogan (2010), Haag (2012)
Fusconaia mitchelliIUCN (2014), Pfeiffer et al. (2016), Williams et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018), Pieri et al. (2018), ... Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) mitchelli var. elongatus Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 623.
(homonym of Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio mitchelli Dall, 1895)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_251917 (by R.I. Johnson, 1975: 12), Guadalupe River, near Kerrville, Texas.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) mitchelli var. elongatusSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Barynaias) tamaulipasensis-elongatusFrierson (1927)
Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) taumilapanaHaas (1969)
Quincuncina mitchelliHowells et al. (1996), R.I. Johnson (1999)
Fusconaia mitchelliSmith et al. (2020), Cummings et al. (2025)

Quincuncina guadalupensis Wurtz, 1950
Wurtz, 1950. Notulae Naturae (224): 2, figs. 1-5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ANSP_185974, Guadalupe R., Seguin, Guadalupe Co., Texas.

Quincuncina guadalupensisBurch (1975)
Quincuncina mitchelliHowells et al. (1996), R.I. Johnson (1999)
Fusconaia mitchelliSmith et al. (2020), Cummings et al. (2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) mitchelliSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Martens (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) mitchelli var. elongatusSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Barynaias) tamaulipasensisFrierson (1927)
Elliptio (Barynaias) tamaulipasensis-elongatusFrierson (1927)
Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) taumilapanaHaas (1969)
Quincuncina guadalupensisBurch (1975)
Quincuncina mitchelliTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Quadrula mitchelliBogan (2010), Haag (2012)
Fusconaia mitchelliIUCN (2014), Pfeiffer et al. (2016), Williams et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018), Pieri et al. (2018), ... Czaja et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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