WoRMS taxon details
Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829)
857301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857301)
accepted
Species
Dysnomia (Pilea) personata (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Dysnomia personata (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Epioblasma (Pilea) personatum (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) personatus (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) pileus (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) personatus (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) pileus (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Plagiola (Pilea) personata (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Plagiola personata (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Truncilla (Pilea) personata (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Unio capillaris I. Lea, 1834 · unaccepted
Unio personatus Say, 1829 · unaccepted
Unio pileus I. Lea, 1831 · unaccepted
(of Unio personatus Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; containing hints to the youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(20): 308-310.
page(s): 309, sp. 7 [details]
page(s): 309, sp. 7 [details]
Note USA, Cumberland River, Tennessee (the neotype...
Type locality USA, Cumberland River, Tennessee (the neotype locality) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857301 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Unio pileus I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 119, pl. 18, fig. 47 [details]
original description (of Unio capillaris I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 29, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio personatus Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; containing hints to the youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(20): 308-310.
page(s): 309, sp. 7 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
page(s): 119, pl. 18, fig. 47 [details]
original description (of Unio capillaris I. Lea, 1834) Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 29, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio personatus Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; containing hints to the youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(20): 308-310.
page(s): 309, sp. 7 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, Cumberland River, Tennessee (the neotype locality) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | round combshell | [details] |
To IUCN Red List (Extinct)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 84602 a Unio pileus Lectotype) (from synonym Unio pileus I. Lea, 1831)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 84602 a Unio pileus Lectotype) (from synonym Unio pileus I. Lea, 1831)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
