MolluscaBase taxon details
Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
857435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857435)
accepted
Species
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Dysnomia (Pilea) sulcata pectita (Conrad, 1854) · unaccepted
Dysnomia (Scalenilla) sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Dysnomia obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Dysnomia obliquata obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Dysnomia sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dysnomia sulcata sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted
Epioblasma (Scalenilla) sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Epioblasma obliquata obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Epioblasma sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Epioblasma sulcata sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) sulcatus (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) sulcatus (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Plagiola obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Plagiola ridibundus (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Pleurobema obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Quadrula (Obliquata) obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Quadrula (Quadrula) obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Quadrula obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Truncilla (Scalenilla) sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Truncilla sulcata (I. Lea, 1829) · unaccepted (recombination)
Unio flagellatus Say, 1830 · unaccepted
Unio pectitus Conrad, 1854 · unaccepted
Unio perplexus Say, 1829 · unaccepted
Unio propesulcatus De Gregorio, 1914 · unaccepted
Unio ridibundus Say, 1829 · unaccepted
Unio stewardsonii stewensoni De Gregorio, 1914 · unaccepted
Unio sulcatus I. Lea, 1829 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Epioblasma obliquata obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Subspecies Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua (Conrad, 1836) accepted as Epioblasma perobliqua (Conrad, 1836)
(of Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata 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): 309 [details]
page(s): 309 [details]
Note USA, Kentucky River (the lectotype locality)
Type locality USA, Kentucky River (the lectotype locality) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857435 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Unio sulcatus I. Lea, 1829) Lea I. (1829). Description of a new genus of the family of naïades, including eight species, four of which are new; also the description of eleven new species of the genus <i>Unio</i> from the rivers of the United States: with observation on some of the characters of the naïades. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 3: 403-457, pls 7-14., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4487916
page(s): 430, pl. 8, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata 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): 309 [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): 430, pl. 8, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata 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): 309 [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
Type locality USA, Kentucky River (the lectotype locality) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | catspaw | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epioblasma obliquata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 84803 Unio sulcatus) (from synonym Unio sulcatus I. Lea, 1829)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 84803 Unio sulcatus) (from synonym Unio sulcatus I. Lea, 1829)
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Hosted externally, from synonym
