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

nominal species Unio (Leptodea) fragilis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820

Unio (Leptodea) fragilis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820 = Potamilus fragilis

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 295.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 41.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820; homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820)

= Potamilus fragilis

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= Unio (Leptodea) fragilis var. fuscataRafinesque, 1820

 
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