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Publication Lea (1859): summary

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Lea, I. 1859. Descriptions of seven new species of Uniones from South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 154-155. Available electronically.

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Unio cacao Lea, 1859 = Pustulosa succissa

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 344, pl. 56, fig. 169.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85724, Choctahatchee R., W. Florida.

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Unio forsheyi Lea, 1859 = Quadrula quadrula

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 155.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 357 [39], pl. 60, fig. 182.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84169 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 59), Texas.

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Unio hepaticus Lea, 1859 = Elliptio icterina

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 348 [30], pl. 57, fig. 173.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85559, Salkehatchie R., S. Carolina.

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Unio houstonensis Lea, 1859 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 155.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 358 [40], pl. 60, fig. 183.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85768, Rutersville, Texas.

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Unio macrodon Lea, 1859 = Truncilla macrodon

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 193 [15], pl. 26, fig. 262.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_25714, Rutersville, Texas.

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Unio rutersvillensis Lea, 1859 = Sagittunio subrostratus

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 155.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 356 [38], pl. 60, fig. 181.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84976, Clear Creek, Rutersville, Fayette Co., Texas.

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Unio viridiradiatus Lea, 1859 = Elliptio pullata

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 336 [18], pl. 53, fig. 161.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86018, Big Uchee R., bel. Columbus, Ga.
 
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