WoRMS taxon details
Epioblasma capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834)
857293 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857293)
accepted
Species
Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Dysnomia (Pilea) capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Dysnomia capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Epioblasma (Capsaeformis) capsaeforme (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margarita (Unio) capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Plagiola (Torulosa) capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Plagiola capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Truncilla (Pilea) capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Truncilla capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio capsaeformis I. Lea, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Unio capsaeformis I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 31, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epioblasma capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857293 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Unio capsaeformis I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 31, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | oyster mussel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Conchology (Epioblasma capsaeformis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epioblasma capsaeformis)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 84939 b Unio capsaeformis) (from synonym Unio capsaeformis I. Lea, 1834)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 84939a Unio capsaeformis) (from synonym Unio capsaeformis I. Lea, 1834)
To Conchology (Epioblasma capsaeformis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epioblasma capsaeformis)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 84939 b Unio capsaeformis) (from synonym Unio capsaeformis I. Lea, 1834)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 84939a Unio capsaeformis) (from synonym Unio capsaeformis I. Lea, 1834)
