MolluscaBase taxon details
Elimia nitens (I. Lea, 1842)
1389935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1389935)
accepted
Species
Melania nitens I. Lea, 1842 · unaccepted (original combination; a...)
original combination; a replacement name for Melania nitida I. Lea, 1841
Melania nitida I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (invalid, a junior homonym of...)
invalid, a junior homonym of Melania nitida Lamarck, 1804; Melania nitens is a replacement name
(of Melania nitens I. Lea, 1842) Lea, I. (1842). Description of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 8(2): 163-250 (+ 1 page contents, 1 page corrigenda), plates 5-27 [16 December; also issued separately as volume III of "Observations on the genus <I>Unio</I>"]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957426
page(s): 182, pl. 6, fig. 40 [details]
page(s): 182, pl. 6, fig. 40 [details]
Note USA, Tennessee, without a precise locality
Type locality USA, Tennessee, without a precise locality [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Elimia nitens (I. Lea, 1842). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389935 on 2025-03-28
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original description
(of Melania nitida I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [description of fifty-seven new species of <i>Melania</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(16): 11-15 [assumed publication date in March 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 27)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521473
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Melania nitens I. Lea, 1842) Lea, I. (1842). Description of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 8(2): 163-250 (+ 1 page contents, 1 page corrigenda), plates 5-27 [16 December; also issued separately as volume III of "Observations on the genus <I>Unio</I>"]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957426
page(s): 182, pl. 6, fig. 40 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Melania nitens I. Lea, 1842) Lea, I. (1842). Description of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 8(2): 163-250 (+ 1 page contents, 1 page corrigenda), plates 5-27 [16 December; also issued separately as volume III of "Observations on the genus <I>Unio</I>"]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957426
page(s): 182, pl. 6, fig. 40 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, Tennessee, without a precise locality [details]
