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

nominal species Lampsilis gracilis lacustris F.C. Baker, 1922

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Lampsilis gracilis lacustris F.C. Baker, 1922 = Potamilus fragilis

F.C. Baker, 1922. Nautilus 35(4): 131.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 237, pl. 80, figs. 5-7; pl. 81, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209186, L. Butte de Morts, Wisc.

= Potamilus fragilis

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

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

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

= Leptodea fragilis lacustris (Baker, F.C., 1922) — F.C. Baker, 1928

 
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