MolluscaBase name details
Leda packeri (Forbes, 1848) †
1721582 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1721582)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
Leda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
Nucula (Leda) packeri Forbes, 1848 † · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Nucula (Leda) packeri Forbes, 1848 †) Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). <i>The History of Barbados: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island; a Sketch of the Historical Events since the Settlement; and an Account of its Geology and Natural Productions.</i>. 722 pp., Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London., available online at https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17939255M/The_history_of_Barbados
page(s): 566-567, figs. 2-3 [details]
page(s): 566-567, figs. 2-3 [details]
Type locality contained in Barbados
type locality contained in Barbados (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leda packeri (Forbes, 1848) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1721582 on 2025-09-11
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(of Nucula (Leda) packeri Forbes, 1848 †) Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). <i>The History of Barbados: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island; a Sketch of the Historical Events since the Settlement; and an Account of its Geology and Natural Productions.</i>. 722 pp., Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London., available online at https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17939255M/The_history_of_Barbados
page(s): 566-567, figs. 2-3 [details]
basis of record 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): 176 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1882). On the Recent and Tertiary species of <i>Leda</i> and <i>Nucula</i> found in the Westindies: with notices of Westindian shells. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(4): 168-180, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078144
page(s): 172, pl. 7, fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 566-567, figs. 2-3 [details]
basis of record 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): 176 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1882). On the Recent and Tertiary species of <i>Leda</i> and <i>Nucula</i> found in the Westindies: with notices of Westindian shells. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(4): 168-180, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078144
page(s): 172, pl. 7, fig. 9 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
