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Leda guppyi Dall, 1896 †
1721346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1721346)
unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Species
Leda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Guppy, R. J. L. & Dall, W. H. (1896). Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 19: 303–331, pls 27–30. (30 December 1896)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7295135
page(s): 329 [details]
page(s): 329 [details]
Etymology Named for the Trinidadian malacologist, Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1836-1916).
Taxonomic remark "Cercomya ledaeformis, Guppy, is a Leda and, under the circumstances, may better be renamed Leda guppyi." Unjustified renaming.
Etymology Named for the Trinidadian malacologist, Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1836-1916). [details]
Taxonomic remark "Cercomya ledaeformis, Guppy, is a Leda and, under the circumstances, may better be renamed Leda guppyi." Unjustified renaming.
Taxonomic remark "Cercomya ledaeformis, Guppy, is a Leda and, under the circumstances, may better be renamed Leda guppyi." Unjustified renaming. [details]
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Guppy, R. J. L. & Dall, W. H. (1896). Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 19: 303–331, pls 27–30. (30 December 1896)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7295135
page(s): 329 [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): 174-175, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 329 [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): 174-175, pl. 12, fig. 3 [details]
