MolluscaBase taxon details
Acteon nitens I. Lea, 1843 †
1353930 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1353930)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Lea, H. C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp. [Published before 18 October 1843. A separate and advanced publication of H.C. Lea 1846, with the same title].
page(s): 8 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Virginia
type locality contained in Virginia [details]
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Lea, H. C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp. [Published before 18 October 1843. A separate and advanced publication of H.C. Lea 1846, with the same title].
page(s): 8 [details]
basis of record Cunha, C. M. & Salvador, R. B. (2018). Type specimens of fossil “Architectibranchia” and Cephalaspidea (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 94(2): 505-527., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27401
page(s): 511, fig. 2F [details]
redescription Lea, H. C. (1846). Description of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 9(2): 229-274., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28860625
page(s): 257, pl. 36 fig. 60 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
basis of record Cunha, C. M. & Salvador, R. B. (2018). Type specimens of fossil “Architectibranchia” and Cephalaspidea (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 94(2): 505-527., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27401
page(s): 511, fig. 2F [details]
redescription Lea, H. C. (1846). Description of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 9(2): 229-274., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28860625
page(s): 257, pl. 36 fig. 60 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
