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Publication Lea (1860): summary

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Lea, I. 1860. Descriptions of seven new species of Unionidæ from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 306-307. Available electronically.

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Unio castus Lea, 1860 = Fusconaia masoni

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 349 [31], pl. 57, fig. 174.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84782, S.C.

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Unio eightsii Lea, 1860 = Megalonaias nervosa

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 367 [49], pl. 64, fig. 192.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_83991 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 51), Sabinas R., Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

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Anodonta kennerlyi Lea, 1860 = Anodonta kennerlyi

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 108 [112], pl. 18, fig. 256.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86533, Chiloweyuck Depot, near Puget Sd., Washington.

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Unio lesleyi Lea, 1860 = Pleurobema oviforme

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 352, pl. 58, fig. 177.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84759, Kentucky.

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Unio lindsleyi Lea, 1860 = Cambarunio taeniatus

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 351, pl. 58, fig. 176.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84967, Tenn.

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Unio perpictus Lea, 1860 = Cambarunio iris

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 350, pl. 58, fig. 175.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85034, Bull R., Tenn.

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Unio quadrans Lea, 1860 = Diplodon rotundus

Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 360 [42], pl. 61, fig. 185.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_125601, Texas.
 
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