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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Fusconaia

species Fusconaia burkei (Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Quincuncina burkei — Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Quincuncina berkei [sic] — Burdick & White (2007)
Fusconaia burkei — Williams et al. (2008), Anonymous (2008), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2011), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), ... Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Choctawhatchee Basin, Alabama and Florida.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UAUC_575. (ND1: AY158793, go to Genbank) Limestone Ck., Walton Co., Florida.

UAUC_575-577. (16S: AF232777, COI: AF232802, go to Genbank) Limestone Creek. Choctawhatchee Drainage. Florida.

UAUC_927-933. (16S: AF232778, COI: AF232803, go to Genbank) Pittman Creek, Choctawhatchee Drainage, Florida.

UF_441129. (5.8S: MH133889, COI: MF961842, ITS1: MH133889, go to Genbank) USA, Florida, Walton County, Bruce Creek on Walton Bridge Road, about 14 km (air) SSW of Ponce de Leon (30.61419, -86.01275).

UF_441129_1. (5.8S: KT285672, COI: KT285628, ITS1: KT285672, ND1: MH133770, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441129_2. (5.8S: MN649139, COI: MN649034, ITS1: MN649139, ND1: MN649083, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_441049. (5.8S: MH133888, COI: MF961841, ITS1: MH133888, ND1: MH133769, go to Genbank) USA, Florida, Washington County, Slough on south side of Cowford Lake off Choctawhatchee River below Hwy 20 bridge (30.4321, -85.9103).