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Lea, I. 1861. Descriptions of eleven new species of the genus Unio from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 391-393. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio chunii Lea, 1861 = Fusconaia chunii

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 196 [18], pl. 27, fig. 265.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84636, Dallas, Texas.

Unio contiguus Lea, 1861 = Leaunio lienosus

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 199 [21], pl. 28, fig. 268.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85120, Stewarts Mill Dam, Union Co., N.C.

Unio heermannii Lea, 1861 = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 194 [16], pl. 26, fig. 263.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_83932 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 157), Medina R., Texas.

Unio northamptonensis Lea, 1861 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 190 [12], pl. 25, fig. 260.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85527, Conn. R., Northampton, Mass.

Unio riddellii Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema riddellii

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 198 [20], pl. 27, fig. 267.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84635, Dallas, Texas.

There are 11 available nominal species attributed to this publication (11 total).

Unio rostrum Lea, 1861 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 391.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 201 [23], pl. 29, fig. 270.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85556, Davidson Co., N.C.

Unio sampsonii Lea, 1861 = Epioblasma sampsonii

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 192, pl. 25, fig. 261.
Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_84802, Wabash R., New Harmony, Ind.

Unio squameus Lea, 1861 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 391.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 200 [22], pl. 28, fig. 269.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85530, N.C.

Unio tesserulae Lea, 1861 = Pleurobema oviforme

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392 [as ‘tesserulæ’].
specimen image from publication Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 40 [44], pl. 15, fig. 39 [as ‘tesserulæ’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84426, Nolachucky R., Tenn.

Unio vestitus Lea, 1861 = Elliptio congaraea

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 393.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 189 [11], pl. 25, fig. 259.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85332, Ogeechee R., Georgia.

Unio wardii Lea, 1861 = Theliderma metanevra

Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 187 [9], pl. 24, fig. 257.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84237, Mahoning R., Ohio.