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Publication Lea (1858): summary
Full Citation
Lea, I. 1858. Descriptions of seven new species of Margaritanæ, and four new species of Anodontæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 138-139. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858 = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 229 [47], pl. 32, fig. 113.
(renamed Strophitus conasaugaensis Ortmann, 1923)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86277, Connasauga Cr., W. Georgia.
Anodonta danielsii Lea, 1858 = Pyganodon grandis
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 139.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 365 [47], pl. 63, fig. 190.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86426, Topeka, Kas.
Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858 = Pyganodon cataracta
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 139.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 230 [48], pl. 28, fig. 99.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86600, Macon (Swift Creek), Georgia.
Margaritana elliottii Lea, 1858 = Strophitus radiatus
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 226, pl. 31, fig. 108.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86257, Uchee bar bel. Columbus, Ga.
Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858 = Alasminota etowaensis
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 227 [45], pl. 31, fig. 110.
(renamed Margaritana georgiana Lea, 1859)
There are 11 available nominal species attributed to this publication (12 total).
Anodonta gesnerii Lea, 1858 = Pyganodon grandis
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 139.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 231 [49], pl. 31, fig. 109.
Type(s): TYPE USNM_86427, Uphaupee Cr., ..., Ala.
Margaritana gesnerii Lea, 1858 = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 211 [33], pl. 32, fig. 280.
Anodonta hallenbeckii Lea, 1858 = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 232 [50], pl. 32, fig. 112.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86428, Uphaupee Cr., Macon Co., Alabama.
Margaritana spillmanii Lea, 1858 = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 105 [109], pl. 17, fig. 252.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86278, Magbys Cr., near Columbus, Miss.
Margaritana tombecbeensis Lea, 1858 = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Margaritana tombigbeensis Lea, 1862 = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138 [as ‘tombecbeensis’].
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 107, pl. 18, fig. 255 [as ‘tombigbéensis’].
(error for Margaritana tombecbeensis Lea, 1858)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86253, Tombigbee R., near Columbus, Miss.
Margaritana triangulata Lea, 1858 = Alasmidonta triangulata
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 228 [46], pl. 32, fig. 111.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86249 (by Clarke, 1981: 38), Chattahoochee R., Ga.
