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

nominal species Unio planus Barnes, 1823

Unio planus Barnes, 1823 = Potamilus fragilis

Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 272, pl. 13, fig. 16.
(homonym of Unio planus Studer, 1820)

= Potamilus fragilis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

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

+ Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — F.C. Baker, 1928

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

+ Lampsilis (Leptodea) velum (Say, 1829) — Frierson, 1927

+ Proptera laevissima (Lea, 1829) — Frierson, 1927

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

+ Unio leptodon Rafinesque — Küster, 1861

+ Leptodea leptodon Raf. — Conrad, 1853

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

+ Unio gracilis Barnes — Hanley, 1843

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

+ Margarita (Unio) gracilis (Barnes, 1823) — Lea, 1836

+ Unio leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 — Conrad, 1836

+ Symphynota fragilis Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

+ Symphynota gracilisLea, 1829

= Unio planusBarnes, 1823

 
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