Pyganodon fragilis
creator: Bieler, Rüdiger
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857387 on 2026-08-30
created: 2015-10-16T13:46:27Z
modified: 2015-10-16T13:46:27Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819)
class: Bivalvia
family: Unionidae
genus: Pyganodon
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Anthony, J. G (1865). Descriptions of new species of North American Unionidae. American Journal of Conchology, 1(2): 155-164, plates 13-18
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author.
name published in: van der Schalie, H. (1938). Anodonta brooksiana, a new naiad from Newfoundland. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 27: 167-171, plate 16.
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1819
name published in year: 1938
order: Unionida
parent name usage ID: 571699
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Lamarck, 1819)
specific epithet: fragilis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted