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Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio penitus. Conrad, 1834. New fresh water shells of the United States, with Coloured Illustrations, and a Monograph of the Genus Anculotus of Say; also a Synopsis of the American Naiades : 33-34, pl. 5, fig. 1
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio penitus. Conrad, 1834. New fresh water shells of the United States, with Coloured Illustrations, and a Monograph of the Genus Anculotus of Say; also a Synopsis of the American Naiades : 33-34, pl. 5, fig. 1

857300  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857300)

  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)
  14. Epioblasma penita (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Unio penitus Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus <i>Anculotus</i> of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 33, pl. 5, fig. 1 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857300 on 2025-09-10
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2015-10-16 11:46:27Z
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Bieler, Rüdiger

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original description (of Unio penitus Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus <i>Anculotus</i> of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 33, pl. 5, fig. 1 [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] 
LanguageName 
English Southern combshell  [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Unio penitus. Conrad, 1834. New fresh water shells of the United States, with Coloured Illustrations, and a Monograph of the Genus Anculotus of Say; also a Synopsis of the American Naiades : 33-34, pl. 5, fig. 1  (from synonym Unio penitus Conrad, 1834)
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