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Publication Lea (1836): summary
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Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1836. A Synopsis of the Family of Naïades (1st ed.). 59 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Alasmodonta Say, 1819
‘Say’ of Authors.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275.
Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289.
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1.
(new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)

Diptodon Lea, 1836
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 11 [corrected in the errata].
(error for Diplodon Wagner, 1827)

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

Niäa Lea, 1836
‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31. [nomen nudum]
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33. [nomen nudum]
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 492.
(error for Naia Swainson, 1840)

Triptodon Lea, 1836
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 10 [corrected in the errata].
(error for Triplodon Wagner, 1827)

Attributed Nominal Species

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