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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma

species Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens

3 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Epioblasma flexuosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Lower Ohio Basin, USA. Extinct. (North America: NA2)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Epioblasma flexuosa

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot ANSP_20249
ANSP_20249

Kentucky River

image of lot ANSP_56571
ANSP_56571

Ohio

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There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

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