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Publication Lea (1857): summary

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Lea, I. 1857. Description of eight new species of Naïades from various parts of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 84. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Unio abbevillensis Lea, 1857 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 51 [51], pl. 6, fig. 34.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85583, Newmarket (Abbeville District) S. Carolina.

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Unio higginsii Lea, 1857 = Lampsilis higginsii

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 188 [10], pl. 24, fig. 258.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84823, Muscatine, Iowa.

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Unio jamesianus Lea, 1857 = Uniomerus tetralasmus

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 52 [52], pl. 6, fig. 35.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85365, Jackson, Miss.

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Anodonta lacustris Lea, 1857 = Pyganodon lacustris

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 363 [45], pl. 62, fig. 188.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86597, Mohawk, N.Y.

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Anodonta lewisii Lea, 1857 = Pyganodon grandis

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 362 [44], pl. 62, fig. 187.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86595, Mohawk, N.Y.

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Anodonta modesta Lea, 1857 = Anodontoides ferussacianus

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 364 [46], pl. 63, fig. 189.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86534, pond near Kalamazoo, Mich.

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Unio pinguis Lea, 1857 = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 78, pl. 15, fig. 58.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85008, St. Peters River, Upper Mississippi.

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Unio texasiensis Lea, 1857 = Toxolasma texasiense

Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 359, pl. 61, fig. 184 [as ‘texasensis’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_85302 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 145), DeWitt Cr., Texas.

 
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