Epioblasma sampsonii

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	BIVALVIA	UNIONOIDA	UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Lea, 1861)

Common Name/s:

English

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Sampson's Naiad, Sampson's Pearly Mussel, Sampson's Riffleshell, Wabash Riffleshell

Synonym/s:

Dysnomia sampsoni Lea, 1861

Taxonomic Notes:

Was listed in the 1996 IUCN Red List under the name Dysnomia sampsoni.

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

2000

Assessor/s:

Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group)

Reviewer/s:

Seddon. M.B. (Mollusc Red List Authority)

Justification:
Has not been collected for more than 50 years. Very scarce in Museum collections.

History:

1996	–	Extinct
1996	–	Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1983	–	Endangered

Range Description:	Lower Warbash River system.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: United States (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky)

Systems:	Freshwater

Systems:

Freshwater

Citation:	Bogan, A.E. 2000. Epioblasma sampsonii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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