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Publication Lea (1862): summary

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Lea, I. 1862. Descriptions of two new species of exotic uniones and one Monocondylœa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 176. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Monocondloea Lea, 1862

Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 176 [as ‘Monocondlœa’].
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)
Type species: Unio (Monocondylaea) paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea paraguayana

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Unio paramattensis Lea, 1862 = Hyridella depressa

Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 176.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 60 [64], pl. 20, fig. 59.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84405, Paramatta R., N.S.W.

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Unio pazii Lea, 1862 = Ensidens ingallsianus

Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 176.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 61 [65], pl. 21, fig. 60.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84708, Siam.

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Monocondyloea wheatleyi Lea, 1862 = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 176 [as ‘Monocondylœa wheatleyi’].
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 399 [34], pl. 50, fig. 307.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86331, R. Tigris, Syria.
 
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