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Publication Lea (1864): summary

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Lea, I. 1864. Descriptions of six new species of Unionidæ from Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, &c. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 108-109. Available electronically.

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Unio aferula Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 34 [38], pl. 13, fig. 34 [as ‘aferulus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84058, L. Nyassa, Africa.

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Spatha alata Lea, 1864 = Mutela alata

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 35 [39], pl. 12, fig. 31.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86776, Lake Nyasa, Af.

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Unio kirkii Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 108.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 32 [36], pl. 12, fig. 30.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84056, L. Nyassa, Central Africa.

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Spatha modesta Lea, 1864 = Chambardia petersi

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 37 [41], pl. 13, fig. 35.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86779, Mozambique.

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Spatha nyassaensis Lea, 1864 = Chambardia nyassaensis

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 36 [40], pl. 13, fig. 33.
(renamed Spathella nyassana Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86777, Lake Nyassa, Af.

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Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 108.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 33 [37], pl. 12, fig. 32.
(renamed Unio nyassanus Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84057, L. Nyassa, Africa.
 
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