WoRMS name details
Leda myalis (Couthouy, 1838)
1797377 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1797377)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Leda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Nucula myalis Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 62-63, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 62-63, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leda myalis (Couthouy, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1797377 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
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(of Nucula myalis Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 62-63, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842-1887). <i>Thesaurus Conchyliorum: Or monographs of genera of shells.</i> London, privately published: Vol. 1: p. 1-438, pl. 1-91 [cover date 1847]; vol. 2: p. 439 899, pl. 92-186 [cover date 1855]; vol. 3: p. 1-331, pl. 187-290 [cover date: 1866]; vol. 4 p. 1-110, pl. 292-423 [cover date 1880]; vol. 5: p. 1-305, pl. 424-517 [cover date 1887]. Publication dates after Petit (2009). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54562
page(s): 140, pl. I, fig. 18 [details]
page(s): 62-63, pl. 3 fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842-1887). <i>Thesaurus Conchyliorum: Or monographs of genera of shells.</i> London, privately published: Vol. 1: p. 1-438, pl. 1-91 [cover date 1847]; vol. 2: p. 439 899, pl. 92-186 [cover date 1855]; vol. 3: p. 1-331, pl. 187-290 [cover date: 1866]; vol. 4 p. 1-110, pl. 292-423 [cover date 1880]; vol. 5: p. 1-305, pl. 424-517 [cover date 1887]. Publication dates after Petit (2009). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54562
page(s): 140, pl. I, fig. 18 [details]
