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Publication Lea (1838): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1838. Description of new freshwater and land shells. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 6 [O. 2]: 1-154, pls. 1-24 (Obs. 2: 1-152). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Columba Lea, 1838
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 78.
(homonym of Linnaeus, 1758 [Aves])
Type species: Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834 (monotypy) = Leila blainvilliana

Margarita Lea, 1836
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 10.
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 118.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 13.
(homonym of Leach, 1814 [Pteriidae]; renamed Margaron Lea, 1852)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (herein) = Unio pictorum

Platiris Lea, 1838
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 118, 141.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 10, 33.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
(renamed Platyiris Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 439) = Mutela dubia

Spatha Lea, 1838
Lea, 1838. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 6 [O. 2]: 118, 141.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 10, 33.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 55.
Type species: Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 (monotypy) = Mutela dubia

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 69 available nominal species attributed to this publication (73 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta fluviatilis = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Anodonta undulata = Strophitus undulatus

Unio cariosus = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio ochraceus = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Unio radiatus = Lampsilis radiata

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