Publication Lea (1857): summary

Full 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

Unio bairdianus Lea, 1857 = Toxolasma texasiense

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 = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

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.

Anodonta henryana Lea, 1857 = Utterbackia imbecillis

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.
(error for Anodonta henryiana Lea, 1857)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86692 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 69), Matamoras, Mexico.

Unio popeii Lea, 1857 = Popenaias popeii

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.