The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma brevidens

nominal species Unio brevidens Lea, 1831

Lea, 1831, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4 [O. 1]: 75, pl. 6, fig. 6.
Type(s): IDIOTYPE USNM_85349A, Nashville, Tenn.

= Epioblasma brevidens

Taxonomic Opinions

= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2025
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Hopper et al., 2023
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — FMCS, 2021
= Epioblasma brevidens — Klymus et al., 2020
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2017
= Epioblasma brevidens — Chong et al., 2016
= Epioblasma brevidens — Jones, 2015
= Epioblasma brevidens (I. Lea, 1831) — ITIS, 2012
= Epioblasma brevidens — Haag, 2012
= Epioblasma brevidens — Grobler et al., 2011
= Epioblasma brevidens Lea, 1831 — Bogan, 2010
= Epioblasma brevidens — Jones & Neves, 2010
= Epioblasma brevidens — Cummings & Graf, 2010
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Williams et al., 2008
= Epioblasma brevidens — Zanatta & Murphy, 2008
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Epioblasma brevidens (I. Lea, 1831) — Zanatta & Murphy, 2006
= Epioblasma brevidens — Jones et al., 2006
= Epioblasma brevidens (I. Lea) — Jones et al., 2005
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Campbell et al., 2005
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Buhay et al., 2002
= Epioblasma brevidens (I. Lea, 1831) — IUCN, 2000
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1834) — Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea) — Lydeard et al., 1999
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Turgeon et al., 1998
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
= Epioblasma brevidens (I. Lea) — Williams et al., 1993
= Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Turgeon et al., 1988
+ Plagiola (s.s.) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820 — R.I. Johnson, 1978
= Dysnomia brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Burch, 1975
= Dysnomia (Penita) brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Haas, 1969
+ Plagiola interruptus Rafinesque, 1820 — Morrison, 1969
= Dysnomia (Penita) brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Frierson, 1927
= Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) brevidens (Lea) — Ortmann, 1925
= Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) brevidens (Lea) — Ortmann, 1924
= Dysnomia (Truncillopsis) brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Truncilla interrupta (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918
= Truncilla brevidens Lea — Vanatta, 1915
= Truncilla (s.s.) brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio brevidens Lea ! — de Gregorio, 1914
= Truncilla (s.s.) brevidens Lea — Simpson, 1900
= Unio (sec. Naïa) brevidens Lea, 1831 — Paetel, 1890
= Unio brevidens Lea — B.H. Wright, 1888
= Unio brevidens Lea — Lewis, 1871
= Margaron (Unio) brevidens (Lea) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio interrupta (Rafinesque, 1820) — Reeve, 1864
+ Unio interruptus Rafinesque — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Niäa) brevidens Lea — Adams & Adams, 1857
+ Unio interruptus Raf. — Conrad, 1853
+ Truncilla interrupta Say, Conrad — Agassiz, 1852
= Margaron (Unio) brevidens (Lea) — Lea, 1852
= Unio brevidens Lea — Hanley, 1843
+ Unio interrupta (Rafinesque, 1820) — Conrad, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) brevidens Lea — Lea, 1838
= Margarita (Unio) brevidens (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836
+ Unio interruptus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Unio brevidens — Jay, 1835

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