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MolluscaBase - Quincuncina Ortmann, 1922

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Quincuncina Ortmann, 1922

AphiaID

856903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:856903)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Fusconaia C. T. Simpson, 1900

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Quincuncina burkei B. Walker, 1922 accepted as Fusconaia burkei (B. Walker, 1922) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Pleurobemini Hannibal, 1912

Original name

Quincuncina Ortmann, 1922

Direct children (7)

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Species Quincuncina amarillensis (Stanton, 1916) † accepted as Fusconaia amarillensis (Stanton, 1916) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Quincuncina burkei B. Walker, 1922 accepted as Fusconaia burkei (B. Walker, 1922) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Quincuncina infucata (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Rotundaria infucata (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Pustulosa infucata (Conrad, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Quincuncina kleiniana (I. Lea, 1852) accepted as Rotundaria kleiniana (I. Lea, 1852) accepted as Cyclonaias kleiniana (I. Lea, 1852) accepted as Pustulosa kleiniana (I. Lea, 1852)
Species Quincuncina mitchelli (C. T. Simpson, 1895) accepted as Fusconaia mitchelli (C. T. Simpson, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Quincuncina securiformis (Conrad, 1849) accepted as Rotundaria infucata (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Pustulosa infucata (Conrad, 1834)
Species Quincuncina vittata (Frierson, 1927) accepted as Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Ortmann, A. E. & Walker, B. (1922). A new genus and species of American naiades. The Nautilus. 36(1): 1-6, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279799 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Quincuncina Ortmann, 1922. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856903 on 2026-09-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-16 09:49:07Z

created

Bieler, Rüdiger

2019-06-18 19:19:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-30 18:17:51Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2022-04-21 16:29:44Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2022-08-20 20:23:43Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

Licensing

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original description Ortmann, A. E. & Walker, B. (1922). A new genus and species of American naiades. The Nautilus. 36(1): 1-6, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279799 [details]

basis of record Campbell, D. C. & Lydeard, C. (2012). Molecular systematics of Fusconaia (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.030.0101 [details]

additional source Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/Vol-1-No-3.pdf
page(s): 153 [details]

additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]

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