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Publication Lea (1871): summary
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Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1871. Description of three new species of exotic Unionidæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23: 188. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta exilior Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 188.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 24 [28], pl. 7, fig. 21.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86730, Mexico.

Unio jeffreysianus Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 188.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 23, pl. 7, fig. 20.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84849, Australia.

Unio stevensii Lea, 1871
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 188.
Lea, 1874. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 22 [26], pl. 7, fig. 19.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_83901, Yuruari River, S. Am.

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