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Mon 1 Dec 2025

genus Fusconaia Simpson, 1900: species

3 available nominal genus synonyms (8 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Fusconaia askewi (Marsh, 1896)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0 + 28 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Western Gulf of Mexico drainages, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Lower Risk/near threatened
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia burkei

Fusconaia burkei (Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (2 + 7 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Choctawhatchee Basin, Alabama and Florida. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia cerina

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

syonymy (6 available, 6 total) | specimens (7 + 7 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Mobile Basin west to Louisiana, Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia chunii

Fusconaia chunii (Lea, 1861)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 4 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Western Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
NatureServe: GNR
other links: MolluscaBase

Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)

syonymy (5 available, 8 total) | specimens (5)

Range: Tennessee River, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A2ace
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia cuneolus

Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840)

syonymy (4 available, 7 total) | specimens (4 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Tennessee River, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia escambia

Fusconaia escambia Clench & Turner, 1956

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1 + 4 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Escambia and Yellow rivers, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Endangered A1c
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

syonymy (12 available, 21 total) | specimens (9 + 12 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in the Interior, Great Lakes and Nelson River basins, as well as the western Gulf Coastal Plain, North America. Introduced to the Atlantic Slope via the Erie Canal. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 16S M-type, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia iheringi

Fusconaia iheringi (B.H. Wright, 1898)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (8 + 16 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Brazos and Colorado basins, western Gulf Coastal Plain, Texas, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia lananensis

Fusconaia lananensis (Frierson, 1901)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Eastern Texas, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia masoni

Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834)

syonymy (9 available, 12 total) | specimens (7 + 2 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Ogeechee River north to the James, southern Atlantic Slope, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A1c (Lexingtonia subplana), Endangered A1c
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia mitchelli

Fusconaia mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1896)

syonymy (3 available, 3 total) | specimens (25 + 9 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Guadalupe basin, western Gulf Coastal Plain, Texas, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 5.8S, COI, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A2a
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia ozarkensis

Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)

syonymy (5 available, 6 total) | specimens (5)

Range: Ozark Plateau, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Fusconaia subrotunda

Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)

syonymy (14 available, 23 total) | specimens (8 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee basins, USA. (North America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ITS1, ND1
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2ac
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase

Fusconaia amarillensis (Stanton, 1916) (Cretaceous)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cretaceous, North America.

other links: MolluscaBase

Fusconaia brachyopistha (White, 1876) (Cretaceous)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cretaceous, North America.

Fusconaia danai (Meek & Hayden, 1857) (Cretaceous Tertiary)

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cretaceous Paleocene, North America.

other links: MolluscaBase

Fusconaia dawsoni (Russell, 1931) (Cretaceous)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Cretaceous, North America.

other links: MolluscaBase

Fusconaia tuchiasanus (Russell, 1932) (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Paleocene, North America.

other links: MolluscaBase

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