Publication Lea (1865): summary

Full Citation

Lea, I. 1865. Description of six new species of western Asiatic Unionidæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 285-286. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Unio emesaensis Lea, 1865 = Potomida semirugata

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 254 [14], pl. 30, fig. 68.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85856, Emesi, L. Homs, R. Orontes, N. Syria.

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Unio homsensis Lea, 1865 = Pseudunio homsensis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 249 [9], pl. 29, fig. 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_125718, Orontes R., Lake Homs, N. Syria.

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Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865 = Unio mardinensis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 251 [11], fig. 29, fig. 65.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85663, near Mardin, Asiatic Turkey.

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Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865 = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 252, pl. 30, fig. 67 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86354, near Mardin, R. Tigris, Syria.

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Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865 = Unio mardinensis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 252 [12], pl. 30, fig. 66.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85664, R. Tigris, near Mardin, Asiatic Turkey.

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Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865 = Unio mardinensis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 250 [10], pl. 29, fig. 64.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85603, Tigris R., Pashalic of Orpha, Asiatic Turkey.