Arconaia

Conrad, 1865 – Asia

Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856)
INHS 20155. Tai Hu Lake, Jiangsu Province, China.

Type Species: Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856 (by monotypy) (Haas 1969:69).

Original Citation: Conrad, T.A. 1865. Description of a new genus of Unionidae. American Journal of Conchology 1(3):234.

1 Currently Recognized Taxa

Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856)

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Synonymy:

Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856
Description of a new species of Triquetra, Klein (Hyria, Lamarck). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(2):79. [79]

  • Figured: JANSP 1857:319, pl. 33, fig. 3
  • Type Locality: China.
  • Holotype: USNM 83844.
  • Simpson 1900: Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856) p. 860.
  • Haas 1969: Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856) p. 69.

Unio contortus var. muticus Heude, 1877

  • 1876-1886. Conchiologie fluviatile de la province de Nanking. Paris. pls. 1-72. unpaginated
  • Figured:  pl. 15, fig. 2
  • Type Locality: Nanking, China.
  • Haas 1969: Arconaia lanceolata  (Lea, 1856) p. 69.