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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Lea (1857): summary
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Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1857. Descriptions of six new species of fresh water and land shells of Texas and Tamaulipas, from the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 101-102. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta henryana Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 102 [as ‘henryiana’].
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 373 [55], pl. 66, fig. 198.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86692 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 69), Matamoras, Mexico.

Anodonta henryiana Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 102.

Unio bairdianus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 102.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 361 [43], pl. 61, fig. 186.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85303 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 438), Devils R., Texas.

Unio berlandierii Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 101.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 369 [51], pl. 65, fig. 194.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84427 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 20), Matamoras, Mexico.

Unio popeii Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 102.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 372 [54], pl. 66, fig. 197.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85895 (by R.I. Johnson, 1999: 21), Rio Salado, near Leon, Mexico.

 
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