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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia

species Fusconaia iheringi (B.H. Wright, 1898): synonymy
     8 specimens + 16 Genbank vouchers

Unio iheringi B.H. Wright, 1898
B.H. Wright, 1898. Nautilus 12(8): 93.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_152171 (by R.I. Johnson, 1967: 7), San Saba R., Texas.

Unio (sec. Elliptio) iheringiSimpson (1900)
Unio iheringiSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) mitchelli var. iheringiSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Barynaias) tamaulipasensisFrierson (1927)
Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) taumilapanaHaas (1969)
Quincuncina mitchelliHowells et al. (1996), R.I. Johnson (1999)
Fusconaia mitchelliPfeiffer et al. (2016)
Fusconaia iheringiSmith et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Fusconaia mitchelli Pfeiffer et al., 2016
‘Simpson’ of Authors.
Pfeiffer et al., 2016. Conserv. Genet. 17(2): 281. [in part]
Inoue et al., 2018. Invert. Syst. 32: Table S2. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio mitchelli Dall, 1895)

Fusconaia iheringiSmith et al. (2020)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (sec. Elliptio) iheringiSimpson (1900)
Unio iheringiSimpson (1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) mitchelli var. iheringiSimpson (1914)
Elliptio (Barynaias) tamaulipasensisFrierson (1927)
Nephronaias (Sphenonaias) taumilapanaHaas (1969)
Quincuncina mitchelliHowells et al. (1996), R.I. Johnson (1999)
Fusconaia mitchelliPfeiffer et al. (2016)
Fusconaia iheringiSmith et al. (2020), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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