Epioblasma

Epioblasma
Epioblasma brevidens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Epioblasma
Rafinesque, 1831
Synonyms

Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852

Epioblasma is a North American genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Most of the species in this genus have been lost in modern times, and the entire genus is threatened with the possibility of extinction.