WoRMS taxon details
Medionidus simpsonianus B. Walker, 1905
857241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857241)
accepted
Species
Walker, B. (1905). A new species of <i>Medionidus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 18(12): 136-137, plate 9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1817113
page(s): 136-137, pl. 9, figs. 4, 5 [details]
page(s): 136-137, pl. 9, figs. 4, 5 [details]
Type locality contained in USA
, Note Calvary, Georgia
type locality contained in USA (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Calvary, Georgia [details]
Etymology Name for the American malacologist, Charles Torrey Simpson (1846-1932).
Etymology Name for the American malacologist, Charles Torrey Simpson (1846-1932). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Medionidus simpsonianus B. Walker, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857241 on 2025-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Walker, B. (1905). A new species of <i>Medionidus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 18(12): 136-137, plate 9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1817113
page(s): 136-137, pl. 9, figs. 4, 5 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Butler, R. S., Warren, G. L. & Johnson, N. A. (2014). Freshwater Mussels of Florida. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 498 pp. [details]
page(s): 136-137, pl. 9, figs. 4, 5 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Butler, R. S., Warren, G. L. & Johnson, N. A. (2014). Freshwater Mussels of Florida. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 498 pp. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. <em>Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences.</em> 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): 189; note: As a synonym of Medionidus penicillatus (I. Lea, 1857). [details]
page(s): 189; note: As a synonym of Medionidus penicillatus (I. Lea, 1857). [details]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Name for the American malacologist, Charles Torrey Simpson (1846-1932). [details]Type locality Calvary, Georgia [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Ochlockonee moccasinshell | [details] |
