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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 chunii (Lea, 1861): specimens
     1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Fusconaia askewi — Burlakova et al. (2012)
Fusconaia chunii — Williams et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018), Pieri et al. (2018), Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Patterson et al. (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Western Gulf Coastal Plain, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

USA

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_439075_1. (5.8S: MH133855, COI: MF961853, ITS1: MH133855, ND1: MH133715, go to Genbank) USA, Texas, Anderson County, Upstream of Hwy 82 near Palestina, TX (31.683591, -95.792124).

UF_439075_2. (5.8S: MH133856, COI: MF961854, ITS1: MH133856, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_439075_3. (COI: MF961855, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_439075_4. (5.8S: MH133857, COI: MF961856, ITS1: MH133857, ND1: MH133717, go to Genbank) ditto.