| Nearby pearly mussel | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Epioblasma |
| Species: | E. propinqua |
| Binomial name | |
| Epioblasma propinqua (I. Lea, 1857) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dysnomia propinqua I. Lea, 1857 |
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The nearby pearly mussel or Tennessee riffleshell, Epioblasma propinqua, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
The species was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It became extinct due to habitat loss.