Turgid riffle shell

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Turgid riffle shell
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Epioblasma
Species: E. turgidula
Binomial name
Epioblasma turgidula
(Lea, 1858)
Synonyms

Dysnomia turgidula Lea, 1858

The turgid riffle shell, turgid-blossom naiad, turgid-blossom pearly mussel, or turgid-blossom, Epioblasma turgidula, was a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. It was endemic to the United States.

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