Quincuncina
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Quincuncina is a genus
of freshwater mussels, aquatic
bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae
, the river mussels.
in 1922.
Ortmann's original text (the original description) reads as follows:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of freshwater mussels, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae
Unionidae
Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionoida, the bivalve mollusks sometimes known as river mussels, naiads, or simply as unionids.The range of distribution for this family is world-wide...
, the river mussels.
Species
Species in the genus Quincuncina include:- Quincuncina burkeiQuincuncina burkeiQuincuncina burkei is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to North America.- Original description :...
Walker, 1922 - Quincuncina infucataQuincuncina infucataQuincuncina infucata is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
(Conrad, 1834) - Quincuncina mitchelli (Simpson, 1895) - false spikeFalse spikeThe false spike, scientific name Quincuncina mitchelli, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:...
Original description
Genus Quincuncina was originally described by Arnold Edward OrtmannArnold Edward Ortmann
Arnold Edward Ortmann was a naturalist, and zoologist who specialized in malacology.- Biography :Ortmann was born in Magdeburg, Prussia. A student of Ernst Haeckel, he was graduated from the University of Jena in 1885 with a Ph.D. From 1886 on, he worked as an instructor at the University of...
in 1922.
Ortmann's original text (the original description) reads as follows: