Taxonomy Profile: Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque 1820)

Epioblasma torulosa: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Dysnomia sulcata delicata
Simpson 1900
Dysnomia torulosa
Rafinesque 1820
Epioblasma torulosa torulosa
Rafinesque 1820
Dysnomia torulosa torulosa
Rafinesque 1820
Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum
Reeve 1865
Dysnomia torulosa gubernaculum
Reeve 1865
Amblema torulosa
Rafinesque 1820
Amblema gibbosa
Rafinesque 1820
Unio perplexus
Lea 1831
Unio gubernaculum
Reeve 1865
Amblema torulosa angulata
Rafinesque 1820
Amblema gibbosa olivacea
Rafinesque 1820
Amblema gibbosa radiata
Rafinesque 1820
Amblema gibbosa difformis
Rafinesque 1820
Common Name(s):
tubercled blossom []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Epioblasma torulosa: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Mollusca
molluscs |
mollusks |
molusco |
mollusques |
Class : Bivalvia
bivalves |
clams |
bivalve |
mexilhão |
ostra |
bivalves |
palourdes |
Order : Unionoida
Superfamily : Unionoidea
Family : Unionidae
Subfamily : Ambleminae
Tribe : Lampsilini
Genus : Epioblasma
Species : Epioblasma torulosa
tubercled blossom |
Epioblasma torulosa Direct Children(s):
Epioblasma torulosa: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Epioblasma torulosa
Source:
MUSSEL Project Web Site
Acquired:
2013-08-08
Notes:
Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net
Reference for:
Epioblasma torulosa
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
Page(s):
526
Publisher:
American Fisheries Society
Publication Place:
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-888569-01-8/0097-0638
Notes:
Reference for:
Epioblasma torulosa
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Williams, James D., Arthur E. Bogan, and Jeffrey T. Garner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2008-01-01 / 2008-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee
Page(s):
xv + 908
Publisher:
The University of Alabama Press
Publication Place:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8173-1613-2/
Notes:
Sponsored by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
Reference for:
Epioblasma torulosa
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2007-11-01 / 2007-11-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4
Page(s):
291-314
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0260-1230
Notes:
doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029
Reference for:
Epioblasma torulosa
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Williams, James D., Melvin L. Warren, Kevin S. Cummings, John L. Harris, and Richard J. Neves
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-09-01 / 1993-09-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Conservation status of the freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fisheries, vol. 18, no. 9
Page(s):
6-22
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Epioblasma torulosa
Epioblasma torulosa: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Canada / Native
Epioblasma torulosa: Comments
Comment:
Widespread in the Ohio Basin, North America