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

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This page documents data for Jones & Neves (2010), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Jones, J.W. & R.J. Neves. 2010. Descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies of freshwater mussels, Epioblasma ahlstedti and Epioblasma florentina aureola (Bivalvia: Unionidae), in the Tennessee River drainage, USA. Nautilus 124(2): 77-92.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 16
fig. 17

Attributed Species Names

Epioblasma ahlstedti Jones & Neves, 2010
Jones & Neves, 2010, Nautilus 124(2): 82, figs. 3-4, 7-8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) OSUM_68523, Duck River, Lillard Mill, Marshall Co., TN, 35°35’09.08” N; 86°47’14.07” W.

Epioblasma florentina aureola Jones & Neves, 2010
Jones & Neves, 2010, Nautilus 124(2): 85, figs. 5-6, 11-12.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio florentinus Lea, 1857)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) OSUM_82239, Clinch River, Route 460 Bridge, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, VA, 36°05’16.13” N; 81°46’05.98” W.

Taxonomic Opinions

Epioblasma ahlstedti new species
+ Epioblasma capsaeformis Jones et al., 2006

Epioblasma brevidens

Epioblasma capsaeformis

Epioblasma florentina aureola new subspecies
+ Epioblasma florentina walkeri Jones et al., 2006

Epioblasma florentina walkeri

Epioblasma torulosa rangiana (Lea, 1838)

Epioblasma triquetra

Cladogram Figure 16
              +-- Epioblasma_triquetra   
  +-----------+                          
  |           +-- Epioblasma_brevidens   
--+                                      
  |  +----------- Epioblasma_rangiana    
  +--+                                   
     |  +-------- Epioblasma_capsaeformis
     +--+                                
        |  +----- Epioblasma_ahlstedti   
        +--+                             
           |  +-- Epioblasma_aureola     
           +--+                          
              +-- Epioblasma_walkeri     
Cladogram Figure 17
  +----- Epioblasma_triquetra   
  |                             
  +----- Epioblasma_brevidens   
  |                             
--+  +-- Epioblasma_capsaeformis
  |  |                          
  |  +-- Epioblasma_aureola     
  |  |                          
  +--+-- Epioblasma_walkeri     
     |                          
     +-- Epioblasma_rangiana    
     |                          
     +-- Epioblasma_ahlstedti   

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