Epioblasma sampsonii
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| Species: | E. sampsonii
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| Epioblasma sampsonii (Lea, 1861)
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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.
Sources
- Bogan, A.E. 2000. Epioblasma sampsonii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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