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Unionidae

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

species Epioblasma propinqua (Lea, 1857): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Epioblasma propinqua — Graf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Lower Ohio basin and Cumberland Plateau, USA. Extinct. (North America: NA2)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Epioblasma propinqua

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

image of lot USNM_30359
USNM_30359
Tuscumbia, Ala.
paratype
Unio propinquus Lea, 1857

image of lot USNM_84332
USNM_84332
Florence, Alabama
holotype
Unio propinquus Lea, 1857

GenBank Vouchers

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

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