MolluscaBase name details
Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)
857337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857337)
unaccepted
Species
Leptodea Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818
Lampsilis (Leptodea) fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Proptera) gracilis (Barnes, 1823) · unaccepted
Lampsilis (Proptera) simpsoni (Ferriss, 1900) · unaccepted
Lampsilis gracilis (Barnes, 1823) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Lampsilis gracilis var. lacustris F. C. Baker, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lampsilis simpsoni Ferriss, 1900 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leptodea fragilis lacustris (F. C. Baker, 1922) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) atratus (Swainson, 1823) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) gracilis (Barnes, 1823) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) gracilis (Barnes, 1823) · unaccepted
Medionidus mcglameriae van der Schalie, 1939 · unaccepted
Proptera gracilis (Barnes, 1823) · unaccepted
Unio (Leptodea) fragilis fuscata Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Unio atrata Swainson, 1823 · unaccepted
Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823 · unaccepted
Unio planus Barnes, 1823 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Leptodea fragilis lacustris (F. C. Baker, 1922) accepted as Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)
(of Unio (Leptodea) 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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857337 on 2025-09-10
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(of Unio (Leptodea) 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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | fragile papershell | [details] |
To Conchology (Leptodea fragilis)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 160709 Lampsilis simpsoni Holotype) (from synonym Lampsilis simpsoni Ferriss, 1900)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 160709 Lampsilis simpsoni Holotype) (from synonym Lampsilis simpsoni Ferriss, 1900)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
