original description
Lea, I. (1842). Description of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 8(2): 163-250 (+ 1 page contents, 1 page corrigenda), plates 5-27 [16 December; also issued separately as volume III of "Observations on the genus <I>Unio</I>"]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957426
page(s): 166 [details]
status source
Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Spelling In the illustrated description, Lea (1842) used the name Melania dubiosa for the same taxon briefly described earlier (1841) as Melania dubia. It is here interpreted as an incorrect subsequent spelling. [details]