WoRMS name details
Leda egregia Guppy, 1882
540019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540019)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Leda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 174, pl. 7, figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 174, pl. 7, figs. 1-2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leda egregia Guppy, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540019 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
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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): 174, pl. 7, figs. 1-2 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 174, pl. 7, figs. 1-2 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
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): 180 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 180 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 150 [details]
