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Succinea avara Say, 1824
1289102 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1289102)
uncertain > nomen dubium (original combination)
Species
- Variety Succinea avara var. alba T. D. A. Cockerell, 1893 accepted as Mediappendix vermeta (Say, 1829)
- Variety Succinea avara var. compacta T. D. A. Cockerell, 1892 accepted as Mediappendix vermeta (Say, 1829)
- Variety Succinea avara var. major W. G. Binney, 1858 accepted as Mediappendix vermeta (Say, 1829)
- Variety Succinea avara var. major T. D. A. Cockerell, 1893 accepted as Mediappendix vermeta (Say, 1829)
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Say, T. (1824). Class Mollusca. In: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c. &c. performed in the year 1823, by order of The Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, Major U. S. T. E. compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs Say, Keating, and Calhoun, by William H. Keating, A. M. &c. H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia. 2: 256-266, plates 14-15, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13640689
page(s): 260, pl. 15, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 260, pl. 15, fig. 6 [details]
Status Based on a juvenile shell with a generalized type locality in an area having several species of Succineidae. Considered a...
Status Based on a juvenile shell with a generalized type locality in an area having several species of Succineidae. Considered a nomen dubium by Turgeon et al. (1998: 294). See Mediappendix vermeta (Say, 1829). [details]
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Say, T. (1824). Class Mollusca. In: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c. &c. performed in the year 1823, by order of The Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, Major U. S. T. E. compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs Say, Keating, and Calhoun, by William H. Keating, A. M. &c. H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia. 2: 256-266, plates 14-15, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13640689
page(s): 260, pl. 15, fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors
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additional source van Hyning, T. (1904). A new collector in the field. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 18(2): 23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1816990 [details]
additional source Sterki, V. (1905). November snails. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(8): 96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755669 [details]
additional source Ferriss, J. H. (1910). A collecting excursion north of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 23(9): 109-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314637
page(s): 110 [details]
additional source Marshall, W. B. (1892). Littoral land shells of New Jersey. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(2): 19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788969 [details]
additional source Hanna, G D. (1924). <i>Succinea avara</i> Say, from the tar pits of California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 37(3): 106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524181 [details]
additional source Vanatta, E. G. (1928). Snails from Rock Bluff, Liberty Co., Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519877 [details]
additional source Branson, B. A. (1959). An ecological observation on <i>Succinea avara</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 72(4): 145-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521192 [details]
additional source Franzen, D. (1982). <i>Succinea avara</i> Say from the southern Great Plains of the United States. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 95(2): 82-88, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497637 [details]
page(s): 260, pl. 15, fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source van Hyning, T. (1904). A new collector in the field. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 18(2): 23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1816990 [details]
additional source Sterki, V. (1905). November snails. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(8): 96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755669 [details]
additional source Ferriss, J. H. (1910). A collecting excursion north of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 23(9): 109-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314637
page(s): 110 [details]
additional source Marshall, W. B. (1892). Littoral land shells of New Jersey. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(2): 19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788969 [details]
additional source Hanna, G D. (1924). <i>Succinea avara</i> Say, from the tar pits of California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 37(3): 106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524181 [details]
additional source Vanatta, E. G. (1928). Snails from Rock Bluff, Liberty Co., Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519877 [details]
additional source Branson, B. A. (1959). An ecological observation on <i>Succinea avara</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 72(4): 145-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521192 [details]
additional source Franzen, D. (1982). <i>Succinea avara</i> Say from the southern Great Plains of the United States. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 95(2): 82-88, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497637 [details]
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Status Based on a juvenile shell with a generalized type locality in an area having several species of Succineidae. Considered a nomen dubium by Turgeon et al. (1998: 294). See Mediappendix vermeta (Say, 1829). [details]
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