''Fusconaia'' is a

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freshwater mussel Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater mollusc, along with freshwater snails. They are bivalves that live in fresh water as opposed to salt water, which is the main habitat type for bivalves. The majority of species of bivalve molluscs ...

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

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Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most diverse ...

. They are native to North America.

Species within the genus ''Fusconaia''

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Fusconaia askewi ''Fusconaia askewi'' is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae. It is endemic to the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily l ...

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Fusconaia burkei ''Fusconaia burkei'', the tapered pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to North America. It has been a federally listed threatened species un ...

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Fusconaia cor The shiny pigtoe (''Fusconaia cor'') is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae. It is endemic to the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a coun ...

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Fusconaia cuneolus ''Fusconaia cuneolus'', the fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel or fine-rayed pigtoe, is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae. It is native to Tennessee, Alabama, and Virginia in the United States, in each of which its population has declined ...

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Fusconaia escambia ''Fusconaia escambia'', the narrow pigtoe, is a freshwater bivalve mussel found in Alabama and northwestern Florida. The narrow pigtoe was first discovered in the Escambia River in Alabama and Florida. Description Narrow pigtoe has a triangular ...

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Fusconaia flava ''Fusconaia flava'', the Wabash pigtoe, is a freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae. Description The shell is divided into two valves that are hinged. ''Fusconaia flava'' shell is thick and can be compressed or inflated, has a triangular to ...

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Fusconaia masoni The Atlantic pigtoe (''Fusconaia masoni'') is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae. It is endemic to the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is ...

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Fusconaia mitchelli ''Fusconaia mitchelli'', the false spike, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is native to Mexico, where its historical range is in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo ...

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Fusconaia ozarkensis ''Fusconaia ozarkensis'' is a species of bivalve in the family Unionidae. It is endemic to the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primari ...

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Fusconaia subrotunda ''Fusconaia subrotunda'', the long solid mussel or long solid naiad, is a species of freshwater mussel, an Aquatic animal, aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. This mussel, sometimes called a pigtoe, is found in river gravel. Young ...

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References

Bivalve genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Unionidae-stub