Epioblasma flexuosa

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Kingdom Animalia

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Phylum Mollusca 
Class Bivalvia
Order Unionoida
Family Unionidae
English Name Arcuate Pearly Mussel, Leafshell
Dutch Name Gebogen Parelmossel
Authority (Rafinesque, 1820)
 
Synonyms Dysnomia flexuosa Rafinesque, 1820
 
Range & Habitat The Arcuate Pearly Mussel or Leafshell could be found in the United States. This freshwater bivalve occurred in the rivers and streams in the states Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. (Bogan, 2000)
 
History & Population The Arcuate Pearly Mussel has not been collected for over 100 years, despite surveys in the region. (Bogan, 2000) Since 1988 this species has been considered extinct.
 
Extinction Causes The major threat this species faced was habitat loss. (Bogan, 2000)
 
Museum Specimens The Frank H. McClung Museum in Tennessee, USA. Do you know more museums? Contact this website!
 
Relatives Other extinct Epioblasma: Angled Riffleshell (Epioblasma biemarginata), Arc-form Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma arcaeformis), Yellow-blossom Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma florentina florentina), Acorn Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma haysiana), Stone's Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma lenior), Lewis Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma lewisii), Fine-rayed Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma personata), Nearby Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma propingua), Sampson's Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma sampsonii), Steward's Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma Stewardsonii), Green-blossom Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), Tubercled-blossom Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), Turgid-blossom Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma turgidula).
 
Links

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species – Epioblasma flexuosa.

Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
 

References

(Complete website)

 Bogan, A.E. 2000. Epioblasma flexuosa. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.redlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 September 2005.

Last updated: 21st September 2005.

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