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全名 Epioblasma florentina (Lea, 1857) 英文俗名 Yellow-blossom Pearly Mussel, Yellow Riffleshell. 外殼特徵 Shell irregular elliptical or obovate, more or less inflated,inequilateral, rather solid; beaks quite full and elevated;surface with uneven growth lines; epidermisyellowish-green, feebly rayed. Pseudocardinals small,triangular, double in each valve; laterals double in the leftvalve, single or partly double in the right valve; anteriorscars small, impressed; posterior scars shallow. Nacrebluish-white, thicker in the front area. 地理分布 Tennessee River drainage and Cumberland River, USA. 模式產地 Florence, Alabama and Cumberland River, Tennessee,USA. 原始記錄 Unio florentinus Lea, Pr. Ac. N. Sci. Phila., VII,1857, p.83; Jl. Ac. N. Sci. Phila., V, 1862, p.64, pl. V,fig.213; Obs., VIII, 1862, p.68, pl. V, fig.213. 同種異名 Unio florentinus Lea, 1857Margaron (Unio) florentinus Lea, 1870Truncilla florentina Simpson, 1900 備註 The species is listed as endangered species under Taiwan'sWildlife Conservation Law (WCL). This species was listedin the CITES Appendix I on 1st July 1975. Dysnomia andPlagiola were genus names. It was named as Epioblasumflorentina florentina. Epioblasma curtisi (Chinese name：柯蒂斯氏真珠蚌、短珍珠貝) in the CITES Appendix I couldbe Epioblasma florentina curtisi (Atterback, 1916).Photo-specimen was collected from Hafeth River, Tennessee,USA and inventory in USNM 854780。