MolluscaBase name details
Leda clara Guppy, 1873 †
1721585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1721585)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
Leda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Guppy, R. J. L. (1873). On some new Tertiary fossils from Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(2): 72-88, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078030
page(s): 87 [details]
page(s): 87 [details]
Type locality contained in Jamaica
type locality contained in Jamaica (origin: native) [details]
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Guppy, R. J. L. (1873). On some new Tertiary fossils from Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(2): 72-88, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078030
page(s): 87 [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. 4 [details]
additional source 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): 177 [details]
page(s): 87 [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. 4 [details]
additional source 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): 177 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
