Potamilus fragilis

Potamilus fragilis
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Leptodea
Species:	L. fragilis
Binomial name
	Leptodea fragilis; (Rafinesque, 1820)

Leptodea fragilis, the fragile papershell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. L. fragilis is one of the fastest-growing unionid species and the most abundant unionid species in Lake Erie.^[2] Its light-shelled morphology suggests an adaptation to deep water within lakes.^[2]

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.

References

^ "Leptodea fragilis". NatureServe. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
^ ^a ^b Krebs, Robert A.; Barkett, Elizabeth M.; Begley, Matthew T. (Feb 2015). "The impact of dreissenid mussels on growth of the fragile papershell (Leptodea fragilis), the most abundant unionid species in Lake Erie" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 93 (2): 143–148. doi:10.1139/cjz-2014-0215.

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[ns-1] "Leptodea fragilis". NatureServe. Retrieved 2016-07-09.

[:0-2] Krebs, Robert A.; Barkett, Elizabeth M.; Begley, Matthew T. (Feb 2015). "The impact of dreissenid mussels on growth of the fragile papershell (Leptodea fragilis), the most abundant unionid species in Lake Erie" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 93 (2): 143–148. doi:10.1139/cjz-2014-0215.

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