Descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies of freshwater mussels, Epioblasma ahlstedti and Epioblasma florentina aureola (Bivalvia: Unionidae), in the Tennessee River drainage

Nautilus

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-92

  Jones, Jess W ^a   Neves, Richard J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered; Molecular DNA markers; Phylogenetic analysis; Tennessee River basin

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; EPIOBLASMA; EPIOBLASMA FLORENTINA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 77955503803     PISSN: 00281344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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