Leptodea fragilis

Fragile papershell

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Leptodea
Species: L. fragilis
Binomial name
Leptodea fragilis
Raf., 1820

The Fragile papershell, scientific name Leptodea fragilis, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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

A museum specimen

References

  1. "Leptodea fragilis". NatureServe. Retrieved 2016-07-09.


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