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 Publication Lea (1870): attributed nominal speciespublication summary
 Complete CitationLea, I. 1870. A Synopsis of the Family of Naïades (4th ed.). 184 pp. Available electronically. Attributed Nominal Species| Alasmodonta incurva Lea, 1836‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 28. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 44. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 70. [nomen nudum]
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 | Anodon kellettii Lea, 1870‘Sowerby’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84.
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 588.
 Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 282.
 Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 242.
 Brandt, 1974. Arch. Moll. 105: 264.
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 | Anodon pencillatus Lea, 1852‘Gray’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
 ‘Gray’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 83.
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 | Anodonta guilliana Lea, 1852‘Recluz’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
 ‘Recluz’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84.
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 | Anodonta hilvetica Lea, 1870‘Bourg.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 78.
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 | Anodonta latourneuxi Lea, 1870‘Bourg.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84.
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 | Anodonta lusitania Lea, 1852‘Morelet’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 48.
 ‘Morelet’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 77.
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 | Anodonta maculenta Lea, 1852‘Morelet’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 48.
 ‘Morelet’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 77.
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 | Anodonta melina Lea, 1870‘Bourg.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 78.
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 | Anodonta middendorfii Lea, 1870‘Siesm.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 78.
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 | Anodonta pennsylvanica Stark, 1828‘Lamarck’  of Authors.
 Stark, 1828. Elements Nat. Hist. 2: 89.
 Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
 Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 49.
 Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
 Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 30.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 79.
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 618.
 Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 40.
 Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 22 [as ‘Strophitus undulatus-pennsylvanicus’].
 Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 373 [as ‘Strophitus undulatus pennsylvanicus’].
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 | Anodonta polymorpha Lea, 1870‘Küster’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Kutsch.’ Brusina, 1870. Contrib. Malac. Croat.: 32. [nomen nudum]
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 | Anodonta recurvirostra Lea, 1870‘Küster’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84. [nomen nudum]
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 | Anodonta schombergkii Lea, 1870‘Mart.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84.
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 | Anodonta shafferiana Lea, 1870‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 81.
 Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 243, pl. 17, figs. 5-7.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7].
 Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 60.
 Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(7): 311.
 Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 23.
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 | Anodonta sondermanii Lea, 1852‘Küster’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 49.
 ‘Küster’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 77.
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 | Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825‘Lamarck’  of Authors.
 Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
 Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
 Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
 Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
 d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
 Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
 Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
 Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
 d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 596.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
 Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
 Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
 Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
 Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo  2: 456.
 Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
 Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
 H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
 Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
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 | Castalia crosseiana Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: corrigenda et addenda.
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 | Castalia crossiana Lea, 1870‘Hupé’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27.
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 | Castalia dollabella Lea, 1870‘Sowerby’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 184.
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 | Diplodon beskeanus Lea, 1852‘Dunker’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39, Corrigenda et Addenda.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 61.
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 875.
 Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 139.
 Figueiras, 1965. Comm. Soc. Malac. Uruguay 1(8): 238.
 Parodiz, 1968. Sterkiana 30: 3.
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 | Glabaris leotandi Lea, 1870‘Guppy’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 83.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7] [as ‘Anodonta leotandi’].
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 929.
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 | Iridina spendida Lea, 1870‘Chenu’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 88.
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 | Iridina welwitchii Lea, 1870‘More.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 88.
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 | Lampsilis nashvillensis Agassiz, 1852‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 44.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4].
 Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 32.
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 | Margarita (Unio) cailliaudii Lea, 1836‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: ??. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 24. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 58.
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 | Margarita (Unio) modestus Lea, 1836‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. [nomen nudum]
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 | Margarita (Unio) paliatus Lea, 1836
  “Ravenel’s letter” Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31. [nomen nudum] Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22. [nomen nudum]
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Ravenel’s Letter’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53. [nomen nudum]
 Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM USNM_85658, Santee Canal, S.C.
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 | Margarita (Unio) tenerus Lea, 1836‘Ravenel’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
 ‘Rav.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 25.
 ‘Rav.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
 ‘Rav. Han.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 44.
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 | Margarita (Unio) watereensis Lea, 1836Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
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 | Margaritana curreyana Lea, 1842‘Lea’  of Authors.
 
  Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: pl. 18, fig. 40. Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
 Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
 Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
 Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 661.
 Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 474.
 Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 21.
 Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 395.
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 | Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840
  Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288 [as ‘vondenbuschiana’]. 
  Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 222 [60], pl. 18, fig. 39 [as ‘vondenbuschiana’]. Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45 [as ‘vondenbuschiana’].
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 73.
 Type(s): TYPE USNM_86348, Java.
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 | Margaron (Anodonta) benedictii Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 75.
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 | Margaron (Anodonta) marryatana Lea, 1870‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7] [as ‘Anodonta marryatana’].
 Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 15.
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 | Margaron (Anodonta) napolatensis Lea, 1870‘Sow.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 81.
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 | Margaron (Anodonta) ononensis Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 84.
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 | Margaron (Anodonta) schrenkii Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Schrenck, 1867. Reise Forsch. Amurlande 2: 718, pl. 28, figs. 1-2 [as ‘Anodonta magnifica;].
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 75.
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 | Margaron (Anodonta) strebellii Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 79.
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 | Margaron (Anodonta) subglobosa Lea, 1870‘Anth.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 81.
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 | Margaron (Lea) vivescens Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
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 | Margaron (Monocondylæa) salmeniana Lea, 1870‘Gould’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 72.
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 | Margaron (Unio) aveia Lea, 1870‘Ben.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 35. [nomen nudum]
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 | Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 57.
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 | Margaron (Unio) bucklyi Lea, 1852‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
 Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 493 [as ‘Unio (Hyridella) bucklyi’].
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 48.
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 | Margaron (Unio) conradianus Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
 ‘Lea’ Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 501 [as ‘Unio conradianus’].
 ‘Lea’ Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N455 [as ‘Medionidus’].
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 | Margaron (Unio) dimotus Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
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 | Margaron (Unio) dollabelloides Lea, 1852Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 35.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 56.
 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2].
 ‘Lea’ Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): 197 [as ‘Lexingtonia’].
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 | Margaron (Unio) fascinans Lea, 1870‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2].
 Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 502 [as ‘Unio fascinans’].
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 | Margaron (Unio) fellmani Lea, 1870‘Desh.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
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 | Margaron (Unio) guadechaudii Lea, 1852‘Eyd.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
 ‘Eyd.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
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 | Margaron (Unio) habetatus Lea, 1870‘Con.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 38.
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 | Margaron (Unio) jayanus Lea, 1870‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 60.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
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 | Margaron (Unio) laonensis Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 62.
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 | Margaron (Unio) legubris Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
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 | Margaron (Unio) lepidior Lea, 1870
  Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85624, Uruguay R., S. America.
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 | Margaron (Unio) menzieni Lea, 1870‘Gray’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
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 | Margaron (Unio) mortonicus Lea, 1870‘Reeve’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
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 | Margaron (Unio) plectoforus Lea, 1852Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: corrigenda et addenda.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
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 | Margaron (Unio) pressus Lea, 1852
  Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 19. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29.
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_83961, Yellow Cr., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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 | Margaron (Unio) sagittaeformis Lea, 1870‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 60.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5].
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 | Margaron (Unio) semigranosus Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34. [in part]
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 | Margaron (Unio) spaericus Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33 [as ‘spæricus’].
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 | Margaron (Unio) tigris Lea, 1870
  ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21. [nomen nudum] ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 18. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 25. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
 Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME USNM_84706, River at Bagdad, Persia.
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 | Margaron (Unio) turdigulus Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
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 | Margaron (Unio) vanuxemii Lea, 1870‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
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 | Margaron (Unio) versus Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 29, sp. 147 [as ‘Unio inornatus’].
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
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 | Monocondylaea mouhotiana Lea, 1866‘Lea’  of Authors.
 
  Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 65 [69], pl. 21, fig. 62. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 73.
 Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 339.
 Crosse & Fischer, 1876. J. de Conch. 24: 332.
 Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 220 [as ‘Pseudodon mouhotianus’].
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 | Mya regulosa Lea, 1836‘Wood’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 44.
 ‘Wood’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27.
 ‘Wood’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
 ‘Wood’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 67.
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 | Platiris (Iridina) leaii Lea, 1852
  ‘Sow.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. [nomen nudum] ‘Sow.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 88. [nomen nudum]
 Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM USNM_86774, Senegal.
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 | Platiris (Spatha) caelestis Lea, 1852‘Lea’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 55 [as ‘cælestis’].
 ‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 89 [as ‘cælestis’].
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 | Prisodon obliquus castelnaui Lea, 1870‘Hupé’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 25 [as ‘Hyria castelnauii’].
 ‘Hupé’ Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 135.
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 | Pseudanodonta grateloupiana Lea, 1852‘Gassies’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 49.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 77.
 Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 15, 29.
 Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 303.
 Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 55 [11].
 Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
 Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 217.
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 264.
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 | Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866
  ‘von Martens’  of Authors. Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 89.
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 896.
 
  Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1316.
 Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.
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 | Unio actaphilus Lea, 1870‘Bourg.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
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 | Unio bicoelatus Lea, 1870‘Reeve’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63 [as ‘bicœlatus’].
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 | Unio bigorrensis Lea, 1852‘Millet’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
 ‘Millet’ Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 230.
 ‘Millet’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
 ‘Locard’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 692.
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 | Unio bissellianus Lea, 1870‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 743.
 Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 714.
 Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 35.
 Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 210.
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 | Unio bonplandii Lea, 1870‘Valen’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio byzantinus Drouët, 1879‘Parr.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 48. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Parreyss, in sched.’ Drouët, 1879. J. de Conch. 27: 141.
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 | Unio calimatorum Lea, 1852‘Morelet’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
 ‘Morelet’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
 ‘More.’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2].
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 | Unio calliginosus Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
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 | Unio cardidiacea Lea, 1870‘Conrad’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
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 | Unio carniolicus Lea, 1852‘Ziegler. Potier’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Ziegler. Potier’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio carynthiacus Lea, 1836‘Zeigler’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27.
 Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 33.
 Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.
 J.F. Schmidt, 1840. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 13: 435.
 C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 47.
 Schröder, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 229.
 Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317.
 Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 141 [35].
 Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 264.
 Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 728.
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 | Unio casablancae Lea, 1852‘Philippi’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
 Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 481, pl. 104, figs. 1-2.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
 Parada & Peredo, 2002. Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat. 75: 693.
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 | Unio crespisulcata Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
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 | Unio cumingii Lea, 1870‘Dunker’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
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 | Unio damnoica Lea, 1852‘D’Orb.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
 ‘D’Orb.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
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 | Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36, Corridenda et Addenda.
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 | Unio demboae Lea, 1870‘Reeve’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63 [as ‘demboæ’].
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 | Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859
  Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152 [as ‘demararaensis’]. 
  Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 253 [71], pl. 39, fig. 133. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: Corridenda et Addenda.
 Type(s): TYPE BMNH_1964141, Demerara.
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 | Unio egyptiaca Deshayes, 1832‘Cailliaud’  of Authors.
 Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587.
 Jay, 1836. Cat. Rec. Shells: 20 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
 Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29.
 Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
 Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 198 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32 [as ‘Margaron (Unio) egyptiacus’].
 Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
 Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 494 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
 Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140 [as ‘Caelatura egyptiaca’].
 Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
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 | Unio errosus Lea, 1852‘Jays’s Cat.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Jays’s Cat.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
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 | Unio grundlachi Lea, 1870‘Dunk.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 35.
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 | Unio guarianus Lea, 1852‘D’Orb.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21.
 ‘D’Orb.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
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 | Unio hippopaeus Lea, 1852‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘hippopæus’].
 Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘hippopæus’].
 Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497 [as ‘hippopæus’].
 Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 40 [as ‘hippopæus’].
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘hippopæus’].
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3], [as ‘hippopæus’].
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 767 [as ‘hippopæa’].
 Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 101 [as ‘Q. hippopæa’].
 Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 203 [as ‘Quadrula undulata hippopæa’].
 Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 816 [as ‘hippopæa’].
 Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 61.
 Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 287.
 Clarke, 1973. Malacologia 13(1-2): 35.
 Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 165.
 Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
 He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 27.
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 | Unio hispanicus Graëls, 1846Graëls, 1846. Catal. Moll. Esp.: 22.
 ‘Moquin. Rossm.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
 ‘Moquin. Rossm.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 48.
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 | Unio inusitatus Lea, 1870‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 51.
 ‘Lea’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 31.
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 | Unio labacencis Lea, 1870‘Pfeif. Mühl.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 47.
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 | Unio laticostatus Adams & Adams, 1857‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
 Singley, 1893. Geol. Surv. Texas (1892): 317.
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 | Unio litoralis Menke, 1828‘Lamarck’  of Authors.
 Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
 Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
 Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
 Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
 Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
 Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
 
  Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98. Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
 Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
 Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
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 | Unio lobatata Lea, 1852‘De Cr. and J.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37.
 ‘De Cr. and J.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
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 | Unio longidentatus Lea, 1870‘Anton’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
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 | Unio lunifer Lea, 1870‘Bourg’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37.
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 | Unio maceerthyanus Lea, 1870‘Bourg.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 48.
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 | Unio mechonii Lea, 1870‘Bourg.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 72.
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 | Unio melaplata Lea, 1836‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
 ‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 58.
 ‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 92.
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 | Unio meredithii Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: ??.
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 | Unio micellus Lea, 1870‘Morelet Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
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 | Unio moravicus Lea, 1852‘Jays’s Cat.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Jays’s Cat.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio mosambicensis Lea, 1870‘Mart.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
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 | Unio nitidens Lea, 1836‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 41. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio nyassensis Sowerby, 1868‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: Errata.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
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 | Unio oblitus Lea, 1870Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64.
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 | Unio obtusa Lea, 1852‘Potier and Michaud’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Potier and Michaud’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio orientalis Lea, 1836‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 41. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer,’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer,’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio oxyrynchus Lea, 1870‘von Martens’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63.
 Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 288.
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 | Unio pareyssi Lea, 1870‘Phili.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
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 | Unio planilaterus Lea, 1852‘Conrad’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 51.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4].
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 722.
 Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 653.
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 | Unio preciosus Lea, 1836‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 41. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio pruneosus Lea, 1852‘Zeig.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Zeig.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio pulchellus Lea, 1836‘Fer.’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 41. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26.
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Fer.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio pusella Lea, 1836‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
 ‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 58.
 ‘Rafinesque’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 92.
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 | Unio reyniesii Lea, 1870‘Mich.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64.
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 | Unio ronsii Dupuy, 1852Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 653.
 ‘Dup.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
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 | Unio rostriformis Lea, 1857Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 262 [as ‘rostræformis’].
 Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 64, pl. 10, fig. 46.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 60.
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 | Unio schoolcraftii Lea, 1870‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5].
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 | Unio seneltensis Lea, 1870‘Gass.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio sennaarensis Lea, 1870‘Küster’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64.
 Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 48.
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 | Unio swerzenbackii Lea, 1870‘Bourg.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46.
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 | Unio texasensis Lea, 1860‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 359.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5].
 Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 505.
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 563.
 Ortmann, 1915. Nautilus 28(12): 141.
 Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(9): 398.
 Gordon et al., 1979. Bull. AMU (1979): 35, Table 3.
 Cummings & Mayer, 1992. Freshw. Mussels Midwest (5): 134.
 Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 169.
 R.I. Johnson, 1999. Occ. Pap. Moll. 6(77): 34.
 Bogan, 2010. FADA: [web].
 ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].
 Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 70 [as ‘Toxolasma texasensis’].
 McMurray et al., 2012. Mo. Freshw. Mussels: 57 [as ‘Toxolasma texasense’].
 Marshall et al., 2018. Amer. Malac. Bull. 36(1): 44.
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 | Unio teyheri Lea, 1870‘Menke’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64.
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 | Unio troostii Lea, 1870‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
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 | Unio truncatosus Lea, 1852‘Potier’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Potier’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum]
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 | Unio verreauxianus Lea, 1867Lea, 1867. Obs., index I-XI: errata.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36.
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 | Unio vindiflavus Lea, 1852‘Küster’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37.
 ‘Küster’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
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 | Unio vittatus Ferussac, 1835‘Rafinesque’  of Authors.
 Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 29.
 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 58.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 92.
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 | Unio woodwardianus Lea, 1859‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 199.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36.
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
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 | Unio zieglerianus Hanley, 1843‘Lea’  of Authors.
 Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 193.
 Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 260.
 Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
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 | Unio zimermani Lea, 1852‘Stenz. Potier’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 40. [nomen nudum]
 ‘Stenz. Potier’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64. [nomen nudum]
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