MUSSELp

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

species Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens

7 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Epioblasma obliquataGraf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), Haag (2012), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)
Epioblasma obliquata obliquataWatters et al. (2009), ITIS (2012)
Pleurobema (Sintoxia) rubrumCampbell & Lydeard (2012)
Dysnomia sulcata sulcataITIS (2012)

Range

Ohio basin and the central Great Lakes, North America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Epioblasma obliquata

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot ANSP_20226
ANSP_20226

Kentucky River

image of lot USNM_84803
USNM_84803

Ohio

Genbank Vouchers

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