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Turgid Blossom (Pearlymussel)

Epioblasma turgidula (I. Lea 1858)

    conservation status

  • extinct
    • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extinct
    • Definition: A taxon is Extinct when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. A \r\ntaxon is presumed Extinct when exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, \r\nat appropriate times (diurnal, seasonal, annual), throughout its historic range have failed \r\nto record an individual. Surveys should be over a time frame appropriate to the taxon’s life cycle and life form.
    • Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria
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  • habitat

  • freshwater habitat
    • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002037
    • Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
    • Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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