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Publication Lea (1857): summary
Full Citation
Lea, I. 1857. Description of six new species of uniones from Alabama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 83. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Unio biemarginatus Lea, 1857 = Epioblasma biemarginata
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 47 [51], pl. 16, fig. 45.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84608, Florence, Alabama.
Unio florentinus Lea, 1857 = Epioblasma florentina
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 64 [68], pl. 5, fig. 213.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84948, Florence, Alabama.
Unio mooresianus Lea, 1857 = Pleuronaia dolabelloides
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 39 [43], pl. 14, fig. 37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84695, Tuscumbia, Ala.
Unio mundus Lea, 1857 = Pleurobema oviforme
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 40 [44], pl. 14, fig. 38.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84767, Tuscumbia, Ala.
Unio propinquus Lea, 1857 = Epioblasma propinqua
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 63 [67], pl. 5, fig. 212.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84332, Florence, Alabama.
Unio thorntonii Lea, 1857 = Pleuronaia dolabelloides
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 83.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 38 [42], pl. 14, fig. 36.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85829, Tuscumbia, Alabama.
