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Publication Lea (1858): summary

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Lea, I. 1858. Description of four new fresh-water Molluscs, from the Isthmus of Darien and Honduras. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 118. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio caldwellii Lea, 1858 = Nephronaias caldwellii

Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 118.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 265 [83], pl. 43, fig. 145.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84396, Isthmus of Darien.

Unio goascoranensis Lea, 1858 = Nephronaias goascoranensis

Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 118.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 258 [76], pl. 41, fig. 139.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_85086 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 156), Goascoran R., Honduras.

Anodonta luteola Lea, 1858 = Anodontites tortilis

Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 118.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 267 [85], pl. 43, fig. 147.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86766, Isthmus of Darien.

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