Turgid riffle shell

Taxobox
name = Turgid riffle shell


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Epioblasma"
species = "E. turgidula"
binomial = "Epioblasma turgidula"
binomial_authority = (Lea, 1858)
synonyms = Dysnomia turgidula Lea, 1858

The turgid riffle shell, turgid-blossom naiad, turgid-blossom pearly mussel, or turgid-blossom, "Epioblasma turgidula", was a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. It was endemic to the United States.

ource

* Bogan, A.E. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7890/all Epioblasma turgidula] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.