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Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820
859560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:859560)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
Unio (Leptodea) Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818
- Subspecies Unio (Leptodea) fragilis fuscata Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)
Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 395 [details]
page(s): 395 [details]
Note USA, Kentucky, in creeks (the lectotype locality)
Type locality USA, Kentucky, in creeks (the lectotype locality) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=859560 on 2025-09-11
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Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 395 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 395 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
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Type locality USA, Kentucky, in creeks (the lectotype locality) [details]
