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Publication Lea (1856): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1856. Description of new fresh-water shells from California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 80-81. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta triangulata Lea, 1856
‘Trask’ Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 81.
(error for Anodonta triangularis Trask, 1854)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta angulata Lea = Gonidea angulata
+ Anodon feminalis Gould, 1850
+ Anodonta randalli Trask, 1854

Anodonta wahlamatensis Lea = Anodonta nuttalliana
+ Anodonta triangularis Trask, 1854
+ Anodonta rotundovata Trask, 1854

Margaritana margaritifera Lea = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Alasmodon falcata Gould, 1850
+ Alasmodon yubaensis Trask, 1854

Margaritana margaritifera Lea = Margaritifera falcata

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