Epioblasma brevidens

Epioblasma brevidens, the Cumberlandian combshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.

Epioblasma brevidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Epioblasma
Species:
E. brevidens
Binomial name
Epioblasma brevidens
(I. Lea, 1831)
Synonyms

Dysnomia brevidens I. Lea, 1831

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Male museum specimen

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 2000. Epioblasma brevidens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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