Sampson's naiad

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Sampson's naiad
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Epioblasma
Species: E. sampsonii
Binomial name
Epioblasma sampsonii
(Lea, 1861)
Synonyms

Dysnomia sampsoni Lea, 1861

Sampson's naiad, Sampson's pearly mussel, Sampson's riffleshell, or wabash riffleshell, Epioblasma sampsonii, was a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. It was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers.

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