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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma rangiana

nominal species Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831

= Epioblasma rangiana

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Epioblasma rangiana (Lea, 1838) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

+ Epioblasma torulosa rangiana (Lea, 1838) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

+ Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Plagiola (Epioblasma) flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1978

+ — Burch, 1975

+ Dysnomia (s.s.) flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Epioblasma (s.s.) foliatum (Hildreth) — Thiele, 1934

+ Dysnomia (s.s.) flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Epioblasma biloba (Rafinesque, 1831) — Simpson, 1914

+ — Simpson, 1900

= Unio (Limnium sec. Epioblasma) bilobus (Rafinesque) — Fischer, 1887

+ — Lea, 1870

+ — Lea, 1852

+ — Lea, 1836

+ Unio gibbosus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831 — Rafinesque, 1831