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Publication Lea (1866): summary

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Lea, I. 1866. Description of five new species of the genus Unio. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18: 133. Available electronically.

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Unio asperulus Lea, 1866 = Lens contradens

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 280, pl. 38, fig. 94.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84078, Siam.

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Unio evitatus Lea, 1866 = Indonaia caerulea

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 279, pl. 38, fig. 92.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85191, Bengal.

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Unio pilatus Lea, 1866 = Scabies pilata

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 281, pl. 38, fig. 95.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85195, Siam.

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Unio siamensis Lea, 1866 = Lens misellus

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 279 [39], pl. 38, fig. 93.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85893, Siam.

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Unio strebelii Lea, 1866 = Nephronaias aztecorum

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 318 [78], pl. 51, fig. 131.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_85661 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 138), Vera Cruz, Mexico.
 
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