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Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831

856830  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:856830)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Palaeoheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Unionida (Order)
  9. Unionoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Unionidae (Family)
  11. Ambleminae (Subfamily)
  12. Lampsilini (Tribe)
  13. Epioblasma (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Dysnomia (Penita) Frierson, 1927 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Dysnomia (Pilea) C. T. Simpson, 1900 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Dysnomia (Scalenilla) Ortmann & B. Walker, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) Ortmann & B. Walker, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Penita Frierson, 1927 · unaccepted
Pilea C. T. Simpson, 1900 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Scalenilla Ortmann & B. Walker, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Truncilla (Pilea) C. T. Simpson, 1900 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Truncillopsis Ortmann & B. Walker, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Epioblasma ahlstedti J. W. Jones & R. J. Neves, 2010
  2. Species Epioblasma arcaeformis (I. Lea, 1831)
  3. Species Epioblasma aureola J. W. Jones & R. J. Neves, 2010
  4. Species Epioblasma biemarginata (I. Lea, 1857)
  5. Species Epioblasma brevidens (I. Lea, 1831)
  6. Species Epioblasma capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834)
  7. Species Epioblasma cincinnatiensis (I. Lea, 1840)
  8. Species Epioblasma curtisii (Frierson & Utterback, 1916)
  9. Species Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
  10. Species Epioblasma florentina (I. Lea, 1857)
  11. Species Epioblasma gubernaculum (Reeve, 1865)
  12. Species Epioblasma haysiana (I. Lea, 1834)
  13. Species Epioblasma lenior (I. Lea, 1842)
  14. Species Epioblasma lewisii (B. Walker, 1910)
  15. Species Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1838)
  16. Species Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
  17. Species Epioblasma othcaloogensis (I. Lea, 1857)
  18. Species Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834)
  19. Species Epioblasma perobliqua (Conrad, 1836)
  20. Species Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829)
  21. Species Epioblasma prophetica (C. A. White, 1876) †
  22. Species Epioblasma propinqua (I. Lea, 1857)
  23. Species Epioblasma rangiana (I. Lea, 1838)
  24. Species Epioblasma sampsonii (I. Lea, 1862)
  25. Species Epioblasma stewardi (C. A. White, 1876) †
  26. Species Epioblasma stewardsonii (I. Lea, 1852)
  27. Species Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
  28. Species Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)
  29. Species Epioblasma turgidula (I. Lea, 1858)
  30. Species Epioblasma walkeri (C. B. Wilson & H. W. Clark, 1914)
  31. Subgenus Epioblasma (Capsaeformis) Frierson, 1927 accepted as Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
    1. Species Epioblasma (Capsaeformis) capsaeforme (I. Lea, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma capsaeformis (I. Lea, 1834) (recombination)
  32. Subgenus Epioblasma (Penita) Frierson, 1927 accepted as Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
    1. Species Epioblasma (Penita) penitum (Conrad, 1834) accepted as Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834)
  33. Subgenus Epioblasma (Pilea) C. T. Simpson, 1900 accepted as Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
    1. Species Epioblasma (Pilea) personatum (Say, 1829) accepted as Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829)
  34. Subgenus Epioblasma (Scalenilla) Ortmann & B. Walker, 1922 accepted as Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
    1. Species Epioblasma (Scalenilla) sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) accepted as Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) (recombination)
  35. Subgenus Epioblasma (Torulosa) Frierson, 1927 accepted as Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
    1. Species Epioblasma (Torulosa) torulosum (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
  36. Subgenus Epioblasma (Truncillopsis) Ortmann & B. Walker, 1922 accepted as Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
    1. Species Epioblasma (Truncillopsis) triquetrum (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)
  37. Species Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831 accepted as Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
  38. Species Epioblasma foliatum (Hildreth, 1828) accepted as Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
  39. Species Epioblasma modicella (I. Lea, 1859) accepted as Epioblasma othcaloogensis (I. Lea, 1857)
  40. Species Epioblasma phillipsii (Conrad, 1835) accepted as Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
  41. Species Epioblasma sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) accepted as Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) (recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Rafinesque, C. S. (1831). Continuation of a monograph of the bivalve shells of the river Ohio and other rivers of the western states. Philadelphia, privately printed. Pp. 1-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49035464
page(s): 2 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=856830 on 2025-09-11
Date
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2015-10-16 08:33:15Z
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Bieler, Rüdiger
2019-06-18 19:19:14Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-06-19 02:40:10Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1831). Continuation of a monograph of the bivalve shells of the river Ohio and other rivers of the western states. Philadelphia, privately printed. Pp. 1-8, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49035464
page(s): 2 [details] 

original description (of Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852) Agassiz, L. (1852). Ueber die Gattungen unter den nordamerikanischen Najaden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 18(1): 41-52, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13707427 [details] 

original description (of Dysnomia (Capsaeformis) Frierson, 1927) Frierson, L. S. (1927). <i>A classified and annotated check list of the North American naiades</i>. Baylor University Press, Waco, Texas. 111 pp. , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924002812125
page(s): 95 [details] 

original description (of Dysnomia (Penita) Frierson, 1927) Frierson, L. S. (1927). <i>A classified and annotated check list of the North American naiades</i>. Baylor University Press, Waco, Texas. 111 pp. , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924002812125
page(s): 93 [details] 

original description (of Dysnomia (Scalenilla) Ortmann & B. Walker, 1922) Ortmann, A. E. & Walker, B. (1922). On the nomenclature of certain North American naiades. <em>Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> 112: 1-75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13902635
page(s): 68 [details] 

original description (of Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) Ortmann & B. Walker, 1922) Ortmann, A. E. & Walker, B. (1922). On the nomenclature of certain North American naiades. <em>Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> 112: 1-75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13902635
page(s): 65 [details] 

original description (of Dysnomia (Torulosa) Frierson, 1927) Frierson, L. S. (1927). <i>A classified and annotated check list of the North American naiades</i>. Baylor University Press, Waco, Texas. 111 pp. , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924002812125
page(s): 94 [details] 

original description (of Quadrula (Obliquata) Frierson, 1927) Frierson, L. S. (1927). <i>A classified and annotated check list of the North American naiades</i>. Baylor University Press, Waco, Texas. 111 pp. , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924002812125
page(s): 52 [details] 

original description (of Truncilla (Pilea) C. T. Simpson, 1900) Simpson, C. T. (1900). Synopsis of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 22(1205): 501-1044, plate 18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32021246
page(s): 522 [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] 

additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details] 
To NMNH Extant Collection (01337219) (from synonym Pilea C. T. Simpson, 1900)
To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_RAH12630) (from synonym Pilea C. T. Simpson, 1900)
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