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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): synonymy
     2 specimens + 7 Genbank vouchers

Quincuncina burkei Ortmann & Walker, 1922
Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Nautilus 36(1): 3, pl. 1, figs. 1, 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_94495, Sikes Creek, br. of the Choctahatchee River, Barbour Co., Alabama.

Quincuncina burkeiOrtmann & Walker (1922), Thiele (1934), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), ... Serb et al. (2003), Campbell et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Quadrula (Quincuncina) burkeiFrierson (1927)
Quincuncina berkei [sic]Burdick & White (2007)
Fusconaia burkeiWilliams et al. (2008), Anonymous (2008), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2011), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Quincuncina berkei Burdick & White, 2007
‘Walker’ Burdick & White, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 370.
(error for Quincuncina burkei Ortmann & Walker, 1922)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quincuncina burkeiOrtmann & Walker (1922), Thiele (1934), Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), ... Serb et al. (2003), Campbell et al. (2005), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012)
Quadrula (Quincuncina) burkeiFrierson (1927)
Quincuncina berkei [sic]Burdick & White (2007)
Fusconaia burkeiWilliams et al. (2008), Anonymous (2008), Bogan (2010), Williams et al. (2011), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

 
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