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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia

species Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Fusconaia cerina — Graf & Cummings (2007), Burdick & White (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Campbell et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), ... FMCS (2021), Johnson et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Fusconaia rubidula — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)

Range

Mobile Basin west to Louisiana, Gulf Coastal Plain, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_3234. (ND1: AY613792, go to Genbank) Bogue Chitto River, Little Silver Creek at Pleasant Hill Road, Washington Pa. LA.

UAUC_3233. (COI: AY613823, go to Genbank) Tallapoosa River, Choctafaula Creek at FR906. Tuskegee NF, Macon Co. AL.

UAUC_73. (16S: AY655039, ND1: AY655095, go to Genbank) Tombigbee River, Coal Fire Creek at CR 26, Pickens Co. AL.

UF_438883_11. (5.8S: MH133822, COI: MF961851, ITS1: MH133822, ND1: MH133672, go to Genbank) USA, Alabama, Greene County, Trussells Creek on Co. Rt 181 just SE of Co. Rt 191 (32.949566, -87.96215).

UF_438883_12. (5.8S: MH133823, COI: MF961852, ITS1: MH133823, ND1: MH133673, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_438306_7. (5.8S: MH133824, COI: MF961849, ITS1: MH133824, ND1: MH133674, go to Genbank) USA, Mississippi, Jackson County, Pascagoula River at Paper Mill Camp slough about 2 mi. upstream of MS Hwy 614 (30.63228, -88.652401).

UF_438306_8. (5.8S: MH133825, COI: MF961850, ITS1: MH133825, ND1: MH133675, go to Genbank) ditto.