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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Lea (1838): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1838. A Synopsis of the Family of Naïades (2nd ed.). 44 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

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 34 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).
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