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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Lea (1868): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1868. New Unionidæ, Melanidæ, etc., chiefly of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences 6 [O. 12]: 303-343, pls. 46-54 (Obs. 12: 62-103). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta napoensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 162.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 324 [84], pl. 53, fig. 137.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_25429, Rio Napo, Ecuador.

Anodonta strebelii Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 322 [82], pl. 52, fig. 135.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_25433, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Unio brazosensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 309 [69], pl. 48, fig. 122.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84110, Brazos River, Tex.

Unio chinensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 325, pl. 53, fig. 138.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MCZ_175567, Hong Kong, China.

Unio copei Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 307 [67], pl. 47, fig. 120.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85137, headwaters, N Branch Holston R., E Tenn.

Unio corvinus Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 310 [70], pl. 48, fig. 123.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85277, Flint R., Ga.

Unio corvunculus Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 314 [74], pl. 50, fig. 127.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85293, Swamp Cr., Ga.

Unio cylindrellus Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 308 [68], pl. 48, fig. 121.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85300, N Alabama.

Unio difficilis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 311 [71], pl. 49, fig. 124.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85158, Swamp Cr., Georgia.

Unio estabrookii Lea, 1868
‘Lea’ Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 317 [77].

Unio fassinans Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 143.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 305 [65], pl. 47, fig. 118.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84926, headwaters of Holston R., Tenn.

Unio genuinus Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 305 [64], pl. 46, fig. 117.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85123, Bissels Pond, N.C.

Unio lincecumii Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 312 [72], pl. 49, fig. 125.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84112, Dallas Co., Texas.

Unio murrayensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 143.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 303 [62], pl. 46, fig. 115.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84769, Conasagua Cr., Ga.

Unio ortonii Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 321, pl. 52, fig. 134.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_703563, River Napo, Ecuador.

Unio planior Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 145.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 316 [76], pl. 50, fig. 129.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84391, Tennessee.

Unio prunoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 323, pl. 53, fig. 136.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ANSP_41791, So. America.

Unio refulgens Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 145.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 317 [77], pl. 51, fig. 130.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84290, Enterprise, Lauderdale Co., Miss. [Alabama].

Unio sparus Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 143.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 306, pl. 47, fig. 119.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85082, Swamp Creek, Georgia.

Unio sphaericus Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 145 [as ‘sphæricus’].
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 319 [79], pl. 51, fig. 132 [as ‘sphæricus’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84271, Pearl River, Jackson, Miss.

Unio strebelii Lea, 1866
Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
Lea, 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.

Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 144.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 313 [73], pl. 49, fig. 126.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84978, Falls City, Nebraska.

Unio uhareensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 145 [as ‘uharéensis’].
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 304 [63], pl. 46, fig. 116 [as ‘uharéensis’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85576, Uharee R., Mongomery Co., N.C.

Unio vallatus Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 145.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 315 [75], pl. 50, fig. 128.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84275, Alabama R., Ala.

Unio veracruzensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 150.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 320 [80], pl. 52, fig. 133.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_25432, Vera Cruz, Mexico.
 
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