Epioblasma 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.

Epioblasma walkeri

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Epioblasma
Species:
E. walkeri
Binomial name
Epioblasma walkeri
(Wilson & H.W. Clark, 1914)
Synonyms

Epioblasma florentina walkeri

Many scientists now recognize this mussel as synonymous or a subspecies of the presumed extinct Epioblasma florentina due to integrating shell characteristics between them.

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