NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Lampsilini
  Subfamily - Ambleminae
  Family - Unionidae
  Superfamily - Unionoidea
  Order - Unionoida
  Subclass - Palaeoheterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Epioblasma arcaeformis
      Species - Epioblasma biemarginata
      Species - Epioblasma brevidens
      Species - Epioblasma capsaeformis
      Species - Epioblasma flexuosa
      Species - Epioblasma florentina
      Species - Epioblasma haysiana
      Species - Epioblasma lenior
      Species - Epioblasma lewisii
      Species - Epioblasma metastriata
      Species - Epioblasma obliquata
      Species - Epioblasma othcaloogensis
      Species - Epioblasma penita
      Species - Epioblasma personata
      Species - Epioblasma propinqua
      Species - Epioblasma sampsonii
      Species - Epioblasma stewardsonii
      Species - Epioblasma torulosa
      Species - Epioblasma triquetra
      Species - Epioblasma turgidula
      Species - Epioblasma ahlstedti
      Species - Epioblasma rangiana
      Species - Epioblasma cincinnatiensis