WoRMS name details
Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & B. Walker, 1912
857869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857869)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Ortmann, A. E. & Walker, B. (1912). A new North American naiad. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(9): 97-100, pl. 8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818288
page(s): 98-100, pl. 8 [details]
page(s): 98-100, pl. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in USA
, Note Old River, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
type locality contained in USA (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Old River, Arkadelphia, Arkansas [details]
Etymology Named for the collector, the American conchologist Reverend Harry Edgar Wheeler (1874-1958).
Etymology Named for the collector, the American conchologist Reverend Harry Edgar Wheeler (1874-1958). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & B. Walker, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857869 on 2025-11-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Ortmann, A. E. & Walker, B. (1912). A new North American naiad. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(9): 97-100, pl. 8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818288
page(s): 98-100, pl. 8 [details]
basis of record Graf, 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]
page(s): 98-100, pl. 8 [details]
basis of record Graf, 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]
Taxonomy
status source
Nagel, K.-O. (2025). Type catalog of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) in the collection of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 154(1): 79-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/154/79-241
page(s): 162 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 162 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Ortmann, A. E. (1921). A new locality for <i>Arkansia wheeleri</i> Ortmann & Walker. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 34(4): 141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27059926 [details]
additional source Ortmann, A. E. (1921). A new locality for <i>Arkansia wheeleri</i> Ortmann & Walker. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 34(4): 141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27059926 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
