MUSSELp

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

species Epioblasma capsaeformis (Lea, 1834): specimens

1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Epioblasma capsaeformisGraf & Cummings (2007), Williams et al. (2008), Zanatta & Murphy (2008), Bogan (2010), Jones & Neves (2010), ... Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025)

Range

Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, USA.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Epioblasma capsaeformis

MUSSELp Specimen Records


USA

image of lot MCZ_178570
MCZ_178570

Cumberland River, Tennessee

image of lot USNM_84939
USNM_84939

Tenn.

image of lot USNM_84939B
USNM_84939B

Tenn.

Genbank Vouchers

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


USA

UAUC_2006. (ND1: AY094382, go to Genbank) ditto.

UAUC_2720. (ND1: AY094379, go to Genbank) ditto.

UAUC_2776. (ND1: AY094380, go to Genbank) ditto.

UAUC_1527. (16S: AY655037, COI: AY094372, ND1: AY094381, go to Genbank) Duck River, Lillard Mill Dam, RM 179, Marshall Co. TN.