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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma

species Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820): specimens
     7 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Epioblasma torulosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Zanatta & Murphy (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)
Epioblasma torulosa torulosa — Watters et al. (2009), ITIS (2012), IUCN (2012)

Range

Widespread in the Ohio Basin, North America. Extinct.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

unknown

USA

ANSP_20216. Kentucky River