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Publication Lewis (1856): summary

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Lewis, J. 1856. Shellbearing species of Mollusca observed in portions of Herkimer and Otsego counties, New York. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6(1): 2-4. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyclas occidentale Lewis, 1856 = Sphaerium occidentale

‘Prime’ Lewis, 1856. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6(1): 2.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 41, fig. 34.
‘Prime’ Lewis, 1872. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 109.
(new name for Cyclas ovalis Prime, 1853)

Cyclas ovata Lewis, 1856 = sphaeriid species

Lewis, 1856. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6(1): ??. [nomen nudum]
‘Lewis’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: ??. [nomen nudum]

 
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