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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 askewi (Marsh, 1896): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Fusconaia askewi — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Burlakova et al. (2012), ... Wu et al. (2018), Inoue et al. (2018), Pieri et al. (2018), Marshall et al. (2018), Smith et al. (2020)
Fusconaia “askewi” — Campbell & Lydeard (2012)
Fusconaia chunii — Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Western Gulf of Mexico drainages, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_441158_2. (COI: MF961819, go to Genbank) USA, Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Toro Bayou downstream of Hwy 473 (31.3071823, -93.5156303) .

UF_441158_3. (COI: MF961820, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441158_4. (5.8S: MH133812, COI: MF961821, ITS1: MH133812, ND1: MH133662, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441158_5. (COI: MF961822, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441160_7. (5.8S: MH133813, COI: MF961824, ITS1: MH133813, ND1: MH133663, go to Genbank) USA, Louisiana, Vernon County, Anacoco Bayou at Hawk Rd (30.9529677, -93.3529356).

UF_441160_6. (COI: MF961823, go to Genbank) USA, Louisiana, Vernon County, Anacoco Bayou at Hawks Rd (30.9529677, -93.3529356).

UF_441163. (COI: MF961830, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441161_10. (5.8S: MH133815, COI: MF961827, ITS1: MH133815, ND1: MH133665, go to Genbank) USA, Louisiana, Vernon County, East Fork Anacoco Bayou, 2 miles ENE of Anacoco, LA (31.2614376, -93.3107195).

UF_441161_8. (5.8S: MH133814, COI: MF961825, ITS1: MH133814, ND1: MH133664, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441161_9. (COI: MF961826, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_438926_20. (5.8S: MH133795, COI: MF961815, ITS1: MH133795, ND1: MH133632, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Anderson/Cherokee County, Neches River @ CR335 (31.945598, -95.444602).

UF_438926_21. (COI: MF961816, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_438926_22. (COI: MF961817, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_438015_17. (COI: MF961834, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Newton County, Sabine River 7.9 air miles north of Deweyville, TX (30.4118979, -93.735537).

UF_438015_18. (5.8S: MH133819, COI: MF961835, ITS1: MH133819, ND1: MH133669, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_438015_19. (COI: MF961836, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441162_11. (5.8S: MH133816, COI: MF961828, ITS1: MH133816, ND1: MH133666, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Newton County, Sabine River, near river mile 82.5, Site A (30.6652604, -93.6580554).

UF_441162_12. (COI: MF961829, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441253_14. (5.8S: MH133817, COI: MF961831, ITS1: MH133817, ND1: MH133667, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Smith/Wood County, Sabine River, Hwy 14, S of Hawkins, TX, collected from a riffle 200m downstream from bridge crossing (32.5573098, -95.2056386).

UF_441253_15. (5.8S: MH133818, COI: MF961832, ITS1: MH133818, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441253_16. (COI: MF961833, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441253_3. (5.8S: KT285670, COI: KT285626, ITS1: KT285670, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_439082_25. (5.8S: MH133820, COI: MF961837, ITS1: MH133820, ND1: MH133670, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Wood County, Lake Fork Creek 6.7 km south of Hainesville, TX (32.65716, -95.3615).

UF_439082_26. (COI: MF961838, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_439082_27. (5.8S: MH133821, COI: MF961839, ITS1: MH133821, ND1: MH133671, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_439082_28. (COI: MF961840, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441157. (5.8S: KT285668, COI: MF961818, ITS1: KT285668, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Wood/Smith County, Sabine River downstream of SH 14 (State Park Hwy) (32.557591, -95.205553).

JBFMC_10009_7. (16S: PQ238833, go to Genbank) USA: Texas, Sabine River.