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Fusconaia C. T. Simpson, 1900
747074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:747074)
accepted
Genus
Unio trigonus I. Lea, 1831 accepted as Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) (type by original designation)
Fuscnoaia C. T. Simpson, 1900 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Fusconaja C. T. Simpson, 1900 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Fusconala C. T. Simpson, 1900 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Fusconaria · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Fusconia [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Levingtonia [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Lexingtonia Ortmann, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia) Ortmann, 1914 · unaccepted
Quadrula (Fusconaia) C. T. Simpson, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Quadrula (Quincuncina) Ortmann, 1922 · unaccepted
Quincuncina Ortmann, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Fusconaia amarillensis (Stanton, 1916) †
- Species Fusconaia askewi (W. A. Marsh, 1896)
- Species Fusconaia burkei (B. Walker, 1922)
- Species Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)
- Species Fusconaia chunii (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Fusconaia cuneolus (I. Lea, 1840)
- Species Fusconaia danai (Meek & Hayden, 1857) †
- Species Fusconaia dawsoni (L. S. Russell, 1931) †
- Species Fusconaia escambia Clench & R. D. Turner, 1956
- Species Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Fusconaia iheringi (B. H. Wright, 1898)
- Species Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Fusconaia mitchelli (C. T. Simpson, 1895)
- Species Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)
- Species Fusconaia subrotunda (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Fusconaia tuchiasana (L. S. Russell, 1932) †
- Species Fusconaia antrosa (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Reginaia ebenus (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Fusconaia apalachicola J. D. Williams & Fradkin, 1999 accepted as Reginaia apalachicola (J. D. Williams & Fradkin, 1999)
- Species Fusconaia barnesiana (I. Lea, 1838) accepted as Pleuronaia barnesiana (I. Lea, 1838) (recombination)
- Species Fusconaia beadleiana (I. Lea, 1861) accepted as Pleurobema beadleianum (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Fusconaia brachyopisthus (C. A. White, 1876) † accepted as Plesielliptio brachyopisthus (C. A. White, 1876) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fusconaia bursapastoris (B. H. Wright, 1896) accepted as Fusconaia subrotunda (I. Lea, 1831) (junior synonym)
- Species Fusconaia collina (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Parvaspina collina (Conrad, 1837) (recombination)
- Species Fusconaia cryptorhynchus (C. A. White, 1877) † accepted as Pleurobema cryptorhynchus (C. A. White, 1877) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fusconaia danae [sic] † accepted as Fusconaia danai (Meek & Hayden, 1857) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Fusconaia ebena (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Reginaia ebenus (I. Lea, 1831) (incorrect ending)
- Species Fusconaia ebenus (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Reginaia ebenus (I. Lea, 1831) (recombination)
- Species Fusconaia edgariana (I. Lea, 1840) accepted as Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Fusconaia glandacea (I. Lea, 1861) accepted as Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Fusconaia hebetata (Conrad, 1854) accepted as Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Fusconaia infucata (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Rotundaria infucata (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Pustulosa infucata (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Fusconaia kirtlandiana (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Fusconaia subrotunda (I. Lea, 1831) (recombination)
- Species Fusconaia lananensis (Frierson, 1901) accepted as Fusconaia askewi (W. A. Marsh, 1896) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fusconaia lateralis (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Fusconaia pannosa (C. T. Simpson, 1900) accepted as Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)
- Species Fusconaia pilaris (I. Lea, 1840) accepted as Fusconaia subrotunda (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Fusconaia plena (I. Lea, 1840) accepted as Pleurobema plenum (I. Lea, 1840) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fusconaia polita (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Fusconaia subrotunda (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Fusconaia pusilla (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Reginaia ebenus (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Fusconaia rotulata (B. H. Wright, 1899) accepted as Reginaia rotulata (B. H. Wright, 1899) (recombination)
- Species Fusconaia rubida (I. Lea, 1861) accepted as Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Fusconaia rubidula (Frierson, 1905) accepted as Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Fusconaia rufa (Rafinesque, 1831) accepted as Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Fusconaia selecta H. E. Wheeler, 1914 accepted as Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fusconaia stantoni (C. A. White, 1907) † accepted as Plesielliptio stantoni (C. A. White, 1907) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fusconaia subelliptica (C. T. Simpson, 1900) accepted as Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)
- Species Fusconaia subplana (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Fusconaia subtrotunda (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Fusconaia subrotunda (I. Lea, 1831) (incorrect spelling)
- Species Fusconaia succissa (I. Lea, 1852) accepted as Rotundaria succissa (I. Lea, 1852) accepted as Cyclonaias succissa (I. Lea, 1852) accepted as Pustulosa pustulosa (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Fusconaia trigonus (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) (recombination)
- Species Fusconaia undata (Barnes, 1823) accepted as Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Species Fusconaia utterbacki [sic] accepted as Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Fusconaia utterbackii (Frierson, 1915) accepted as Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
feminine
(of Quadrula (Fusconaia) C. T. Simpson, 1900) Simpson, C. T. (1900). Synopsis of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 22(1205): 501-1044, plate 18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32021246
page(s): 784 [details]
page(s): 784 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fusconaia C. T. Simpson, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747074 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Quincuncina Ortmann, 1922) Ortmann, A. E. & Walker, B. (1922). A new genus and species of American naiades. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 36(1): 1-6, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279799 [details]
original description (of Lexingtonia Ortmann, 1914) Ortmann, A. E. (1914). Studies in najades [continued]. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 28(3): 28-34., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1750481
page(s): 28-29 [details]
original description (of Quadrula (Fusconaia) C. T. Simpson, 1900) Simpson, C. T. (1900). Synopsis of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 22(1205): 501-1044, plate 18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32021246
page(s): 784 [details]
basis of record Campbell, D. C. & Lydeard, C. (2012). Molecular systematics of <i>Fusconaia</i> (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 30 (1): 1-17. [details]
original description (of Lexingtonia Ortmann, 1914) Ortmann, A. E. (1914). Studies in najades [continued]. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 28(3): 28-34., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1750481
page(s): 28-29 [details]
original description (of Quadrula (Fusconaia) C. T. Simpson, 1900) Simpson, C. T. (1900). Synopsis of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 22(1205): 501-1044, plate 18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32021246
page(s): 784 [details]
basis of record Campbell, D. C. & Lydeard, C. (2012). Molecular systematics of <i>Fusconaia</i> (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 30 (1): 1-17. [details]



