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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
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                               FamilyUnionidae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                  SubfamilyAmbleminae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                     TribeLampsilini Ihering, 1901  
                                        GenusEpioblasma 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
       
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  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   
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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  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Epioblasma   
       

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