MolluscaBase name details
Leda illecta Guppy, 1867 †
1721343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1721343)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
Leda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Guppy, R. J. L. (1867). On the Tertiary fossils of the West-Indies, with especial reference to the classification of the Kainozoic rocks of Trinidad. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 1(3): 145-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54074979
page(s): 174 [details]
page(s): 174 [details]
Type locality contained in Trinidad
, Note Manzanilla
type locality contained in Trinidad (origin: native) [details]
Type locality Manzanilla [details]
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Guppy, R. J. L. (1867). On the Tertiary fossils of the West-Indies, with especial reference to the classification of the Kainozoic rocks of Trinidad. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 1(3): 145-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54074979
page(s): 174 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1882). On the Recent and Tertiary species of <i>Leda</i> and <i>Nucula</i> found in the Westindies: with notices of Westindian shells. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(4): 168-180, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078144
page(s): 173, pl. 7, fig. 5 [details]
additional source Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 174, pl. 12, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 174 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1882). On the Recent and Tertiary species of <i>Leda</i> and <i>Nucula</i> found in the Westindies: with notices of Westindian shells. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(4): 168-180, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078144
page(s): 173, pl. 7, fig. 5 [details]
additional source Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 174, pl. 12, fig. 2 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Manzanilla [details]
