Epioblasma walkeri
| Epioblasma walkeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Epioblasma |
| Species: | E. walkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Epioblasma walkeri (Wilson & H.W. Clark, 1914)
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| Synonyms | |
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Epioblasma florentina walkeri | |
Epioblasma walkeri, common name the tan riffleshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Many scientists now recognize this mussel as synonymous or a subspecies of the presumed extinct due to integrating shell characteristics between them.
References[]
- ^ "Epioblasma florentina walkeri". NatureServe. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
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