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Publication Lea (1856): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1856. Description of a new sub-genus of Naïades. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 79. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Plagiodon Lea, 1856
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 79.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 317 [37].
(homonym of Duméril & Bibron, 1841 [Amphib.]; renamed Iheringella Pilsbry, 1893)
Type species: Plagiodon isocardioides Lea, 1857 (monotypy) = Iheringella isocardiodes

Attributed Nominal Species

Plagiodon isocardioides Lea, 1857
Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 79 [as ‘isocardiodes’].
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 318 [38], pl. 32, fig. 32.
(new name for Plagiodon isocardiodes Lea, 1856)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86326, Rio Plata, S.A.

Taxonomic Opinions

Plagiodon isocardiodes = Iheringella isocardiodes

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