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Publication Lea (1870): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1870. A Synopsis of the Family of Naïades (4th ed.). 184 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Fossula Lea, 1870
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 72, footnote.
Type species: Unio (Monocondylaea) fossiculifera d’Orbigny, 1835 (monotypy) = Fossula fossiculifera

Margaron Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 17.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 25.
(new name for Margarita Lea, 1836)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (herein) = Unio pictorum

Monocondyloea Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45 [as ‘Monocondylœa’].
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 187 [as ‘Monocondylœa’].
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 235 [53] [as ‘Monocondylœa’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 73 [as ‘Monocondylœa’].
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)

Telederma Lea, 1852
‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 7,sp. 25.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33.
Paetel, 1875. Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 203.
(error for Theliderma Swainson, 1840)

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 8 available nominal species attributed to this publication (140 total).
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