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Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
Taxonomic Serial No.: 80299

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852
		Pilea Simpson, 1900
		Scalenilla Ortmann & Walker, 1922
		Truncillopsis Ortmann & Walker, 1922
		Capsaeformis Frierson, 1927
		Obliquata Frierson, 1927
		Penita Frierson, 1927
		Torulosa Frierson, 1927
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2023

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Spiralia
	Phylum	Mollusca – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks
	Class	Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra
	Subclass	Autobranchia
	Infraclass	Heteroconchia
	Order	Unionida
	Superfamily	Unionoidea Rafinesque, 1820
	Family	Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820
	Subfamily	Ambleminae Rafinesque, 1820
	Tribe	Lampsilini Ihering, 1901
	Genus	Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
		Direct Children:
	Species	Epioblasma ahlstedti Jones & Neves, 2010 – Duck River dartersnapper
	Species	Epioblasma arcaeformis (Lea, 1831) – sugarspoon
	Species	Epioblasma aureola Jones & Neves, 2010 – golden riffleshell
	Species	Epioblasma biemarginata (Lea, 1857) – angled riffleshell
	Species	Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) – Cumberlandian combshell
	Species	Epioblasma capsaeformis (Lea, 1834) – oyster mussel
	Species	Epioblasma cincinnatiensis (Lea, 1840) – Ohio riffleshell
	Species	Epioblasma curtisii (Frierson & Utterback in Utterback, 1916) – Curtis pearlymussel, Curtis' pearly mussel
	Species	Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820) – leafshell
	Species	Epioblasma florentina (Lea, 1857) – yellow blossom
	Species	Epioblasma gubernaculum (Reeve, 1865) – green blossom
	Species	Epioblasma haysiana (Lea, 1834) – acornshell
	Species	Epioblasma lenior (Lea, 1842) – narrow catspaw
	Species	Epioblasma lewisii (Walker, 1910) – forkshell
	Species	Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1838) – upland combshell
	Species	Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) – purple cat's paw pearly mussel, catspaw
	Species	Epioblasma othcaloogensis (Lea, 1857) – southern acornshell
	Species	Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834) – penitent mussel, southern combshell
	Species	Epioblasma perobliqua (Conrad, 1836) – white catspaw
	Species	Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829) – round combshell
	Species	Epioblasma propinqua (Lea, 1857) – Tennessee riffleshell
	Species	Epioblasma rangiana (Lea, 1838) – northern riffleshell
	Species	Epioblasma sampsonii (Lea, 1862) – Wabash riffleshell
	Species	Epioblasma stewardsonii (Lea, 1852) – Cumberland leafshell
	Species	Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) – tubercled blossom
	Species	Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820) – snuffbox
	Species	Epioblasma turgidula (Lea, 1858) – turgid blossom, turgid blossom pearly mussel
	Species	Epioblasma walkeri (Wilson & H. W. Clark, 1914) – tan riffleshell

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	MUSSEL Project Web Site, website (version 08Aug2013)
	Acquired:	2013
	Notes:	Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net
	Reference for:	Epioblasma

	Source:	MUSSEL Project Web Site (2023), website (version 15Nov2023)
	Acquired:	2023
	Notes:	Graf, D. L. & K. S. Cummings. 2023. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), accessed 15 Nov 2023. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net
	Reference for:	Epioblasma

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Epioblasma

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings
	Publication Date:	2021
	Article/Chapter Title:	A 'big data' approach to global freshwater mussel diversity (Bivalvia: Unionoida), with an updated checklist of genera and species
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 87, no. 1
	Page(s):	1-36
	Publisher:
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	ISBN/ISSN:	1464-3766
	Notes:	doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyaa034
	Reference for:	Epioblasma

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
	Page(s):	526
	Publisher:	American Fisheries Society
	Publication Place:	Bethesda, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638
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	Reference for:	Epioblasma

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