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

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species Epioblasma aureola Jones & Neves, 2010: synonymy
     1 specimen

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.

Epioblasma florentina aureolaJones & Neves (2010), Jones (2015), Klymus et al. (2020)
Epioblasma aureolaWilliams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

Epioblasma florentina walkeri Jones et al., 2006
‘Wilson & Clark’ Jones et al., 2006. J. Moll. Studies 72: 269.
(misidentified reference to Truncilla walkeri Wilson & Clark, 1914)

Epioblasma florentina walkeriJones et al. (2006)
Epioblasma florentina aureolaJones & Neves (2010)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Epioblasma florentina walkeriJones et al. (2006)
Epioblasma florentina aureolaJones & Neves (2010), Jones (2015), Klymus et al. (2020)
Epioblasma aureolaWilliams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

 
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