Original Description
Viviparus georgianus was originally discovered and described (under the name Paludina georgiana) by Isaac Lea in 1834.
Lea's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
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Paludina Georgiana. Plate XIX. fig 85 Testa ventricoso-conoided, tenui, tenebroso-cornea, lævi; suturis valde iinpressis; anfractibus instar quinis, convexis; aperturâ subrotundatâ, albâ. Shell ventricoso-conical, thin, dark horn coloured, smooth; sutures very much impressed; whorls about five, convex; aperture nearly round, white. Hab. Hopeton, near Darien, Georgia. Professor Shepard. My Cabinet. Cabinet of Professor Shepard. Diam. • 7, Length 1•1 inches. Remarks.—This species, in form, resembles most, perhaps, the P. vivipara. It is not quite so large, nor has it bands. It is rather more elevated, and the body whorl is smaller and rounder than the P. decisa (Say). The aperture at the base recedes more than is usual with this genus. |
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