MUSSELp

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma

species Epioblasma rangiana (Lea, 1838): specimens

4 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Epioblasma flexuosaGraf & Cummings (2007)
Epioblasma torulosa rangianaZanatta & Murphy (2007), Zanatta & Murphy (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Jones & Neves (2010), Plazzi et al. (2011), ITIS (2012), Zanatta & Harris (2013), Inoue et al. (2018), Hewitt et al. (2019), Klymus et al. (2020), Gasparini et al. (2020)
Epioblasma obliquataWilliams et al. (2008)
Epioblasma torulosaWilliams et al. (2008)
Epioblasma rangianaCampbell & Lydeard (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Burlakova et al. (2019), Smith et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Widespread in the Ohio Basin and central Great Lakes, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Epioblasma rangiana

MUSSELp Specimen Records


Canada

image of lot USNM_160853
USNM_160853

Amherstburg, Michigan


USA

image of lot USNM_84798
USNM_84798

Mahoning R., near Poland, Ohio

image of lot UF_269108
UF_269108

Wabash River, Indiana

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

INHS_85842-4. (28S: MK036076, 5.8S: MK036159, COI: MK044908, ITS1: MK036159, ND1: MK045059, go to Genbank) Allegheny River, Ohio (Allegheny) drainage (41.4723, -79.4998).

INHS_85842-5. (28S: MK036077, 5.8S: MK036160, COI: MK044909, ITS1: MK036160, ND1: MK045060, go to Genbank) ditto.