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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia

species Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838): nominal species
     7 specimens available.

Unio cerinus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 95, pl. 52.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 246.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_41644, New Orleans, La.

Unio cerinusConrad (1838), Conrad (1853), Sowerby (1868), B.H. Wright (1888), Singley (1893), Call (1895)
Margaron (Unio) rubiginosusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio rubiginosusReeve (1865)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) cerinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Fusconaia cerinaOrtmann (1912), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Vidrine (1993), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Johnson et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Quadrula (Fusconia) flavaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia flava flavaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia flavaR.I. Johnson (1980), Howells et al. (1996)

Quadrula rubidula Frierson, 1905
Frierson, 1905, Nautilus 19(2): 14, pl. 1, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_113535, North River, Tyner, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama.

Quadrula rubidulaFrierson (1905)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidulaSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia) rubidulaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia rubidulaHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Unio rubidus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 40.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 95 [99], pl. 14, fig. 244.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84381, Columbus, Tombigbee R., Miss.

Unio rubidusLea (1861), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) rubidusLea (1870)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia) hebetataFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia hebetataHaas (1969)
Fusconaia flavaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio glandaceus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 59.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 77 [81], pl. 9, fig. 226.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84577, Cahawba R., Ala.

Unio glandaceusLea (1861), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) glandaceusLea (1870)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) glandaceaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia) glandaceaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia glandaceaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008)

Unio negatus Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 59.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 76 [80], pl. 9, fig. 225.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84382, Big Prairie Cr., Ala.

Unio negatusLea (1861), Sowerby (1866), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) negatusLea (1870)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia) flava-negataFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia flava negataHaas (1969)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) castanea Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 877.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_159959, Tombigbee R., Moscow, Ala.

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) castaneaSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia) flava-nasutaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia cerinaWilliams et al. (2008)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) cerinaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) glandaceaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Quadrula rubidulaFrierson (1905)
Fusconaia cerinaOrtmann (1912), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Vidrine (1993), ..., Graf & Cummings (2021), Johnson et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) rubidulaSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) castaneaSimpson (1914)
Quadrula (Fusconia) flavaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia) glandaceaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia) flava-negataFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia) hebetataFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia) rubidulaFrierson (1927)
Quadrula (Fusconia) flava-nasutaFrierson (1927)
Fusconaia flava flavaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia glandaceaHaas (1969)
Fusconaia flava negataHaas (1969)
Fusconaia hebetataHaas (1969)
Fusconaia rubidulaHaas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)
Fusconaia flavaBurch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Howells et al. (1996)

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