original description
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]
basis of record
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 [details]
status source
Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy In the illustrated description, Lea (1842) used the name Melania nitens for the same taxon briefly described earlier (1841) as Melania nitida. Both names were used by subsequent authors. [details]