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Publication Lea (1859): summary

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Lea, I. 1859. Descriptions of twenty-one new species of exotic Unionidæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 151-154. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta dahomeyensis Lea, 1859 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 261, pl. 41, fig. 141.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965163, Dahomey, West Africa.

Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859 = Diplodon suavidicus

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36, Corridenda et Addenda.

Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859 = Diplodon suavidicus

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152 [as ‘demararaensis’].
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 253 [71], pl. 39, fig. 133.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: Corridenda et Addenda.
(error for Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859)
Type(s): TYPE BMNH_1964141, Demerara.

Unio diminutis Lea, 1859 = Unio caffer

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151.
(incorrect original spelling of Unio diminutus Lea, 1859)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965165, East Africa.

Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 = Unio caffer

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151 [as ‘diminutis’].
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 254, pl. 39, fig. 134.
(correct name for Unio diminutis Lea, 1859)
Type(s): BMNH_1965165, East Africa.

There are 21 available nominal species attributed to this publication (24 total).

Unio dysonii Lea, 1859 = Nephronaias dysonii

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 252 [70], pl. 39, fig. 132.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965173, Honduras.

Unio fluctiger Lea, 1859 = unionoid species

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 250 [68], pl. 39, fig. 130.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965169, Hab._? [Asia ?].

Unio japanensis Lea, 1859 = Pronodularia japanensis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 244, pl. 36, fig. 123.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965181 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 85), Japan.

Unio layardii Lea, 1859 = Lamellidens lamellatus

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 243, pl. 36, fig. 122.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965159, Ceylon.

Unio mauritianus Lea, 1859 = Simpsonella burroughiana

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 257 [75], pl. 40, fig. 138.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965157, Mauritius [No — probably from the Philippines.].

Unio melleus Lea, 1859 = unionoid species

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 250 [68], pl. 38, fig. 129.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965175, Hab._?

Unio mutabilis Lea, 1859 = Hyridella depressa

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 248 [66], pl. 38, fig. 127.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965153, Brisbane Water, East Australia.

Unio navigioliformis Lea, 1859 = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 245 [63], pl. 37, fig. 124.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1964146, Loc._ ?

Unio persulcatus Lea, 1859 = Nephronaias calamitarum

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 255 [73], pl. 40, fig. 135.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1900-3-19-22, Mexico.

Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859 = Ctenodesma borneensis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 247, pl. 37, fig. 126.
(homonym of Unio plicatulus Küster, 1856; renamed Unio borneensis Issel, 1874; renamed Unio pensitatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965156, locality data from Issel “Nord-Est di Borneo; nelle vicinanze della costa presso Mampawa; nel lago Donau Siriang (v. Martens).”.

Unio rowellii Lea, 1859 = Nephronaias rowellii

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 256 [74], pl. 40, fig. 136.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84398 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 125), Chagres R., Panama.

Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 260, pl. 41, fig. 140.
(renamed Mutelina senegalica Jousseaume, 1886)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965167, Senegal.

Unio shanghaiensis Lea, 1859 = Nodularia douglasiae

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 242, pl. 36, fig. 121.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965171, Shanghai, China.

Unio sikkimensis Lea, 1859 = Parreysia corrugata

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 251, pl. 39, fig. 131.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965177, Sikkim, India.

Unio sumatrensis Lea, 1859 = Lens contradens

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 239 [57], pl. 34, fig. 118.
(homonym of Unio sumatrensis Dunker, 1852; renamed Margaron (Unio) dimotus Lea, 1870)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84059, Sumatra.

Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859 = Lamellidens marginalis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152 [as ‘thwaitsii’].
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 246 [64], pl. 37, fig. 125.
(correct name for Unio thwaitsii Lea, 1859)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965179, Ceylon.

Unio thwaitsii Lea, 1859 = Lamellidens marginalis

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
(incorrect original spelling of Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859)

Unio vittatus Lea, 1859 = Velesunio ambiguus

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 249, pl. 38, fig. 128.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1958-4-3-1, Australia.

Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859 = Velesunio wilsonii

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 256, pl. 40, fig. 137.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41817, N.S. Wales.

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