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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Jones & Neves (2010): summary
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationJones, J.W. & R.J. Neves. 2010. Descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies of freshwater mussels, Epioblasma ahlstedti and Epioblasma florentina aureola (Bivalvia: Unionidae), in the Tennessee River drainage, USA. Nautilus 124(2): 77-92. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesEpioblasma ahlstedti Jones & Neves, 2010
Jones & Neves, 2010. Nautilus 124(2): 82, figs. 3-4, 7-8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) OSUM_68523, Duck River, Lillard Mill, Marshall Co., TN, 35°35’09.08” N; 86°47’14.07” W. | |
Epioblasma florentina aureola Jones & Neves, 2010
Jones & Neves, 2010. Nautilus 124(2): 85, figs. 5-6, 11-12.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio florentinus Lea, 1857)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) OSUM_82239, Clinch River, Route 460 Bridge, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, VA, 36°05’16.13” N; 81°46’05.98” W. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsEpioblasma ahlstedti new species
+ Epioblasma capsaeformis Jones et al., 2006 Epioblasma brevidens Epioblasma capsaeformis Epioblasma florentina aureola new subspecies = Epioblasma aureola
+ Epioblasma florentina walkeri Jones et al., 2006 Epioblasma florentina walkeri = Epioblasma walkeri Epioblasma torulosa rangiana (Lea, 1838) = Epioblasma rangiana Epioblasma triquetra
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