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Nyassa J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869 †
1793117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1793117)
accepted
Genus
Nyassa arguta J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869 † (type by original designation)
Modioconcha J. Hall, 1869 † · unaccepted
- Species Nyassa arguta J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869 †
- Species Nyassa dorsata (Goldfuss, 1841) †
- Species Nyassa elliptica J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Nyassa parva Walcott, 1884 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Nyassa recta J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Nyassa subalata J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Hall, J.; Whitfield, R. P. (1869-1870). Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones. Part 2. New York State Museum, Albany, 90 pp. [p. 1-80 (1869), p. 81-97 (1870)].
page(s): 28; note: indicated as subgenus but treated like full genus [details]
page(s): 28; note: indicated as subgenus but treated like full genus [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nyassa J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1793117 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Hall, J.; Whitfield, R. P. (1869-1870). Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones. Part 2. New York State Museum, Albany, 90 pp. [p. 1-80 (1869), p. 81-97 (1870)].
page(s): 28; note: indicated as subgenus but treated like full genus [details]
original description (of Modioconcha J. Hall, 1869 †) Hall, J.; Whitfield, R. P. (1869-1870). Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones. Part 2. New York State Museum, Albany, 90 pp. [p. 1-80 (1869), p. 81-97 (1870)].
page(s): 27 [details]
additional source Pojeta, J. Jr.; Zhang, R.-J.; Yang, Z.-Y. (1986). Systematic paleontology of Devonian pelecypods of Guangxi and Michigan. In: Pojeta, J. Jr. Devonian Rocks and Lower and Middle Devonian Pelecypods of Guangxi, China, and the Traverse Group of Michigan. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1394-G: 57-102., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1394AG
page(s): 80 [details]
page(s): 28; note: indicated as subgenus but treated like full genus [details]
original description (of Modioconcha J. Hall, 1869 †) Hall, J.; Whitfield, R. P. (1869-1870). Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones. Part 2. New York State Museum, Albany, 90 pp. [p. 1-80 (1869), p. 81-97 (1870)].
page(s): 27 [details]
additional source Pojeta, J. Jr.; Zhang, R.-J.; Yang, Z.-Y. (1986). Systematic paleontology of Devonian pelecypods of Guangxi and Michigan. In: Pojeta, J. Jr. Devonian Rocks and Lower and Middle Devonian Pelecypods of Guangxi, China, and the Traverse Group of Michigan. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1394-G: 57-102., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1394AG
page(s): 80 [details]
