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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus fragilis

nominal species Unio fragilis Swainson, 1823

Unio fragilis Swainson, 1823 = Potamilus fragilis

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 171.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(6): 55, pl. 30.
(reference to Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820)

= Potamilus fragilis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Proptera gracilis (Barnes, 1823) — Haas, 1969

+ Lampsilis (Leptodea) fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) gracilis (Barnes, 1823) — Simpson, 1914

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) gracilis (Barnes, 1823) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823 — Call, 1895

+ Margaron (Unio) gracilis (Barnes) — Lea, 1870

+ Metaptera fragilis (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

+ Margaron (Unio) gracilis (Barnes) — Lea, 1852

+ Unio fragilis Rafinesque — Küster, 1848

= Mysca (Lymnadia) fragilis Sw. — Swainson, 1840

+ Margarita (Unio) gracilis Barnes. Hild. — Lea, 1838

+ Unio fragilis Rafinesque, 1820 — Conrad, 1836

+ Margarita (Unio) atratus (Swainson, 1823) — Lea, 1836

+ Symphynota fragilis Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Symphynota gracilisLea, 1829

 
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