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Publication Lea (1852): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1852. A Synopsis of the Family of Naïades (3rd ed.). 88 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Dianisolis Lea, 1852
‘Lea’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
(error for Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831)

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)

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)

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

Prisodon Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 18.
(reference to Prisodon Schumacher, 1817)
Type species: Prisodon truncatus Schumacher, 1817 = Castalia ambigua

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

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)

Triquetra Lea, 1852
Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: 135. [pre-linnaean]
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 17.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 43.
(homonym of Blainville, 1828 [Veneridae])
Type species: Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817 (herein) = Prisodon obliquus

Attributed Nominal Species

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