MolluscaBase taxon details
Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
857305 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857305)
accepted
Species
Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Amblema gibbosa difformis Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Amblema gibbosa olivacea Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Amblema gibbosa radiata Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Amblema torulosa angulata Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Dysnomia (Pilea) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Dysnomia perplexa (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Dysnomia sulcata delicata (C. T. Simpson, 1900) · unaccepted
Dysnomia torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Dysnomia torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Epioblasma (Torulosa) torulosum (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831 · unaccepted
Epioblasma biloba pallida Rafinesque, 1831 · unaccepted
Epioblasma torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) perplexus (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) perplexus (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Plagiola torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Truncilla (Pilea) perplexa (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Truncilla perplexa (I. Lea, 1834) · unaccepted
Truncilla sulcata delicata C. T. Simpson, 1900 · unaccepted
Unio perplexus I. Lea, 1831 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum (Reeve, 1865) accepted as Epioblasma gubernaculum (Reeve, 1865)
- Subspecies Epioblasma torulosa rangiana (I. Lea, 1838) accepted as Epioblasma rangiana (I. Lea, 1838)
- Subspecies Epioblasma torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
(of Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 314, pl. 82, fig. 11-12 [details]
page(s): 314, pl. 82, fig. 11-12 [details]
Distribution USA, Widespread in the Ohio Basin
Distribution USA, Widespread in the Ohio Basin [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857305 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Unio perplexus I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 112, pl. 17, 42 [details]
original description (of Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 314, pl. 82, fig. 11-12 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 112, pl. 17, 42 [details]
original description (of Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 314, pl. 82, fig. 11-12 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution USA, Widespread in the Ohio Basin [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | tubercled blossom | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Amblema gibbosa. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 315 - catalog no. 20232) (from synonym Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Amblema torulosa. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 314-315 - catalog no. 20216) (from synonym Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Amblema torulosa. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 314-315, pl. 82, figs. 11, 12 - catalog no. 20218) (from synonym Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820)
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epioblasma torulosa)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 160853 Interior Exterior) (from synonym Truncilla sulcata delicata C. T. Simpson, 1900)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Amblema torulosa. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 314-315 - catalog no. 20216) (from synonym Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Amblema torulosa. Rafinesque, 1820. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 5: 314-315, pl. 82, figs. 11, 12 - catalog no. 20218) (from synonym Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820)
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epioblasma torulosa)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 160853 Interior Exterior) (from synonym Truncilla sulcata delicata C. T. Simpson, 1900)