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Publication Ortmann & Walker (1922): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Ortmann, A.E. & B. Walker. 1922. A new genus and species of American naiades. Nautilus 36(1): 1-6. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Quincuncina Ortmann & Walker, 1922
Ortmann in Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Nautilus 36(1): 1.
Type species: Quincuncina burkei Ortmann & Walker, 1922 (orig. desig.) = Fusconaia burkei

Attributed Nominal Species

Nodularia croninae Ortmann & Walker, 1922
Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Nautilus 36(1): 5, pl. 1, figs. 2-3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_110035, Mongyu Sealu, Burma [Mongu-Lealui; from original label].

Quincuncina burkei Ortmann & Walker, 1922
Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Nautilus 36(1): 3, pl. 1, figs. 1, 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_94495, Sikes Creek, br. of the Choctahatchee River, Barbour Co., Alabama.

Taxonomic Opinions

Quincuncina burkei Walker = Fusconaia burkei

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