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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

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North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Bogan (1993): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Bogan, A.E. 1993. Freshwater bivalve extinctions (Mollusca: Unionoida): A search for causes. American Zoologist 33: 599-609. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964

Alasmidonta robusta Clarke, 1981

Alasmidonta wrightianus Walker, 1901 = Alasmidonta wrightiana

Epioblasma arcaeformis (Lea, 1831)

Epioblasma biemarginatus (Lea, 1857) = Epioblasma biemarginata

Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Epioblasma florentina florentina (Lea, 1857) = Epioblasma florentina

Epioblasma haysiana (Lea, 1834)

Epioblasma lenior (Lea, 1842)

Epioblasma lewisii (Walker, 1910)

Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua (Conrad, 1836) = Epioblasma perobliqua

Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829)

Epioblasma propinqua (Lea, 1857)

Epioblasma sampsonii (Lea, 1861)

Epioblasma stewardsonii (Lea, 1852)

Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum (Reeve, 1865) = Epioblasma gubernaculum

Epioblasma torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma torulosa

Epioblasma turgidula (Lea, 1858)

Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)

Medionidus mcglameriae van der Schalie, 1939 = Potamilus fragilis

Potomida littoralis delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852) = Potomida semirugata

Unio elongatus [sic] eucirrus (Bourguignat, 1857) = Unio eucirrus