The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Potamilus fragilis

nominal species Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820

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 fragilis — Hauck et al., 2023
= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — FMCS, 2021
= Potamilus fragilis — Keogh et al., 2021
= Leptodea fragilis — Inoue et al., 2020
= Potamilus fragilis — Smith et al., 2020
= Leptodea fragilis — Klymus et al., 2020
= Potamilus fragilis — Johnson & Smith, 2020
= Potamilus fragilis — Smith & Johnson, 2020
= Leptodea fragilis — Gasparini et al., 2020
= Leptodea fragilis — Burlakova et al., 2019
= Leptodea fragilis — Keogh & Simons, 2019
= Leptodea fragilis — Smith et al., 2019
= Leptodea fragilis — Marshall et al., 2018
= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2017
= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — IUCN, 2017
= Leptodea fragilis — Pfeiffer et al., 2016
= Leptodea fragilis — Jones, 2015
= Leptodea fragilis — Sousa et al., 2014
= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — ITIS, 2012
= Leptodea fragilis — Haag, 2012
= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — McMurray et al., 2012
= Leptodea fragilis — Boyer et al., 2011
= Leptodea fragilis Rafinesque, 1820 — Bogan, 2010
= Leptodea fragilis — Cummings & 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 fragilis — Krebs et al., 2003
= Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Cicerello & Schuster, 2003
= Leptodea fragilis — Sietman, 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 fragilis — Roe & 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 fragilis — Gordon 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
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1914
- NO OPINION — Simpson, 1900
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
= Metaptera fragilis (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853
= Metaptera fragilis — Agassiz, 1852
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1852
= Unio fragilis Rafinesque — Küster, 1848
+ Unio gracilis Barnes — Hanley, 1843
= Unio fragilis Rafinesque, 1820 — Conrad, 1836
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1836
= Symphynota fragilis Raf. — Ferussac, 1835
= Unio fragilis Say [sic] — Deshayes, 1832
= Unio (Leptodea) fragilis — Rafinesque, 1820
= Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) — Rafinesque, 1818

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