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Epioblasma

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Wikipedia Abstract

Epioblasma is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Most of the species in this genus have been lost in modern times, and the entire genus is threatened with the possibility of extinction. The genera has also been identified as Dysnomia.
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Species

Epioblasma ahlstedti
Epioblasma arcaeformis (sugarspoon) (Extinct)
Epioblasma aureola (golden riffleshell)
Epioblasma biemarginata (angled riffleshell) (Extinct)
Epioblasma brevidens (Cumberlandian combshell) (Critically Endangered)
Epioblasma capsaeformis (oyster mussel) (Endangered)
Epioblasma cincinnatiensis
Epioblasma curtisii (Curtis perlymussel)
Epioblasma flexuosa (leafshell) (Extinct)
Epioblasma florentina (yellow blossom)
Epioblasma gubernaculum (green blossom)
Epioblasma haysiana (acornshell) (Extinct)
Epioblasma lenior (narrow catspaw) (Extinct)
Epioblasma lewisii (forkshell) (Extinct)
Epioblasma metastriata (upland combshell) (Critically Endangered)
Epioblasma obliquata (catspaw) (Attributes)
Epioblasma othcaloogensis (southern acornshell) (Critically Endangered)
Epioblasma penita (penitent mussel) (Critically Endangered)
Epioblasma perobliqua (white catspaw)
Epioblasma personata (round combshell) (Extinct)
Epioblasma prophetica
Epioblasma propinqua (Tennessee riffleshell) (Extinct)
Epioblasma rangiana (Northern riffleshell)
Epioblasma sampsonii (Wabash riffleshell) (Extinct)
Epioblasma stewardi
Epioblasma stewardsonii (Cumberland leafshell) (Extinct)
Epioblasma torulosa (tubercled blossom) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Epioblasma triquetra (snuffbox) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Epioblasma turgidula (turgid blossom) (Extinct)
Epioblasma walkeri (tan riffleshell)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0