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

nominal species Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820

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Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820 = Potamilus fragilis

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [‘Potamilus fragilis’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 295 [also as ‘Elliptio fragilis’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 22, 41.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20209, creeks, Kentucky.

= Potamilus fragilis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2025

= Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Hopper et al., 2023

= Leptodea fragilisHauck et al., 2023

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2021

= Potamilus fragilisKeogh et al., 2021

= Leptodea fragilisInoue et al., 2020

= Potamilus fragilisSmith et al., 2020

= Leptodea fragilisKlymus et al., 2020

= Potamilus fragilisJohnson & Smith, 2020

= Potamilus fragilisSmith & Johnson, 2020

= Leptodea fragilisGasparini et al., 2020

= Leptodea fragilisBurlakova et al., 2019

= Leptodea fragilisKeogh & Simons, 2019

= Leptodea fragilisSmith et al., 2019

= Leptodea fragilisMarshall et al., 2018

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2017

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — IUCN, 2017

= Leptodea fragilisPfeiffer et al., 2016

= Leptodea fragilisJones, 2015

= Leptodea fragilisSousa et al., 2014

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — ITIS, 2012

= Leptodea fragilisHaag, 2012

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — McMurray et al., 2012

= Leptodea fragilisBoyer et al., 2011

= Leptodea fragilis Rafinesque, 1820 — Bogan, 2010

= Leptodea fragilisCummings & Graf, 2010

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

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

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Tiemann et al., 2007

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Zanatta & Murphy, 2006

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Hoke, 2005

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque) — Jones et al., 2005

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Campbell et al., 2005

= Leptodea fragilisKrebs et al., 2003

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003

= Leptodea fragilisSietman, 2003

= Leptodea fragilis (Raf., 1820) — Graf, 2002

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Huang et al., 2002

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Smith, 2000

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque) — Lydeard et al., 1999

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1998

= Leptodea fragilisRoe & Lydeard, 1998

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque) — Strayer & Jirka, 1997

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1997

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Howells et al., 1996

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque) — Williams et al., 1993

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Vidrine, 1993

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cummings & Mayer, 1992

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Turgeon et al., 1988

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Oesch, 1984

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1980

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque) — Mackie et al., 1980

= Leptodea fragilisGordon et al., 1979

= Leptodea fragilis (Raf.) — Mathiak, 1979

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Murray & Leonard, 1962

= Leptodea fragilis Rafinesque — Thiele, 1934

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

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

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1925

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque) — Ortmann, 1924

= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

= Paraptera fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918

+ Lasmonos fragilis Rafinesque — Utterback, 1916

= Lampsilis fragilis Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

+ Simpson, 1914

+ Simpson, 1900

+ Lea, 1870

= Metaptera fragilis (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

= Metaptera fragilisAgassiz, 1852

+ Lea, 1852

= Unio fragilis Rafinesque — Küster, 1848

+ Unio gracilis Barnes — Hanley, 1843

= Unio fragilis Rafinesque, 1820 — Conrad, 1836

+ Lea, 1836

= Symphynota fragilis Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Unio fragilis Say [sic] — Deshayes, 1832

= Unio (Leptodea) fragilisRafinesque, 1820

= Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818

 
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