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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Fusconaia burkei (Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922): specimens
2 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

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

Range: Choctawhatchee Basin, Alabama and Florida.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

USA
USNM_347206 Sikes Creek, Barbour Co., Ala	UMMZ_94495 Sikes Creek, br. of the Choctahatchee River, Barbour Co., Alabama

Genbank Vouchers

USA

UF_441129_1 (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S) USA, Florida, Walton County, Bruce Creek on Walton Bridge Road, about 14 km (air) SSW of Ponce de Leon (30.61419, -86.01275)

UF_441049 (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S) USA, Florida, Washington County, Slough on south side of Cowford Lake off Choctawhatchee River below Hwy 20 bridge (30.4321, -85.9103)

UF_441129_2 (COI, ND1, ITS1, 5.8S) 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 (COI, ITS1, 5.8S) USA, Florida, Walton County, Bruce Creek on Walton Bridge Road, about 14 km (air) SSW of Ponce de Leon (30.61419, -86.01275)

UAUC_927-933 (COI, 16S) Pittman Creek, Choctawhatchee Drainage, Florida

UAUC_575-577 (COI, 16S) Limestone Creek. Choctawhatchee Drainage. Florida

UAUC_575 (ND1) Limestone Ck., Walton Co., Florida

Page updated: 07:56:17 Thu 15 May 2025

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