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Epioblasma sampsonii

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Sampson's naiad
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E. sampsonii
Binomial name
Epioblasma sampsonii
(Lea, 1861)
Synonyms

Dysnomia sampsoni Lea, 1861

Sampson's naiad, Sampson's pearly mussel, Sampson's riffleshell, or wabash riffleshell, scientific name Epioblasma sampsonii, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

The species was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers.

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