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    Species Accepted

    Epioblasma turgidula (I. Lea, 1858)

    Turgid Riffle Shell

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Turgid Riffle Shell English
      Turgid-blossom English
      Turgid-blossom Naiad English
      Turgid-blossom Pearly Mussel English
      turgid blossom English
      turgid blossom pearly mussel English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Reeve, L. A. & Sowerby, G. B. II. (1864). Monograph of the genus Unio. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 16, pls 1-96 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. Publication dates: pls 2-13 [Aug 1864], 14 [Sep 1864], 15-18 [Nov 1864], 19-20 [Jan 1865], 21-25 [Apr 1865], 26-30 [Jun 1865; pl. 30 as “1856”], 31-38 [Mar 1866], 39-42 [May 1866], 43-46 [Aug 1866], 47-54 [Nov 1866], 55-56 [Jun 1867], 57-60 [Sep 1867], 61-68 [Jan 1868], 69-76 [Mar 1868], 77-84 [Jul 1868], 85-93 [Sep 1868], 1, 94-96, Errata & Remarks [Oct 1868]. Authors: Reeve up to pl. 30; Sowerby from pl. 31 on (Petit 2009). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=221643
      Williams JD, Bogan AE, Butler RS, Cummings KS, Garner JT, Harris JL, Johnson, NA, & Watters GT. (2017). A revised list of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 20: 33–58. https://doi.org/10.31931/fmbc.v20i2.2017.33-58 10.31931/fmbc.v20i2.2017.33-58
      Lea, I. (1858). Descriptions of new species of Unio, from Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 10: 40–41 [after 30 March; before 19 April]. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=221553

      Citation

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