original descriptionOrtmann, A. E. & Walker, B. (1912). A new North American naiad. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(9): 97-100, pl. 8., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818288 page(s): 98-100, pl. 8 [details]
basis of recordGraf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 73(4): 291-314.[details]
additional sourceInvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Named for the collector, the American conchologist Reverend Harry Edgar Wheeler (1874-1958). [details] Type locality Old River, Arkadelphia, Arkansas [details]