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Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia
order
Unionida
family
Unionidae
genus
Epioblasma
species
Epioblasma obliquata

Name

Synonyms
Dysnomia obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Dysnomia obliquata obliquata
Dysnomia sulcata (I.Lea, 1829)
Dysnomia sulcata pectita (Conrad, 1854)
Dysnomia sulcata sulcata
Epioblasma obliquata obliquata
Epioblasma sulcata (I.Lea, 1829)
Epioblasma sulcata sulcata
Margarita sulcatus (I.Lea, 1829)
Margaron sulcatus (I.Lea, 1829)
Obliquaria obliquata Rafinesque, 1820
Plagiola obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Plagiola ridibundus (Say, 1829)
Pleurobema obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Quadrula obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Truncilla sulcata (I.Lea, 1829)
Unio flagellatus Say, 1830
Unio gibbosus perobliquus Conrad, 1836
Unio pectitus Conrad, 1854
Unio perplexus Say, 1829
Homonyms
Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Common names
Purple Catspaw in English
catspaw in English
catspaw in English
catspaw in English
purple cat's paw pearly mussel in English
purple cat's paw pearly mussel in English
catspaw in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings, 2007: Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4. 291-314.
  2. InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).
  3. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
  4. Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp.
  5. Williams, James D., Arthur E. Bogan, and Jeffrey T. Garner, 2008: null. Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. xv + 908.
  6. Williams, James D., Melvin L. Warren, Kevin S. Cummings, John L. Harris, and Richard J. Neves, 1993: Conservation status of the freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada. Fisheries, vol. 18, no. 9. 6-22.
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