Publication Lea (1828): summary

Full Citation

Lea, I. 1828. Description of six new species of the genus Unio, embracing the anatomy of the oviduct of one of them, together with some anatomical observations on the genus. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 3 [O. 1]: 259-273, pls. 3-6 (Obs. 1: 1-15). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio calceolus Lea, 1828 = Sulcularia viridis

Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 265, pl. 3, fig. 1.
(renamed Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86261 (by Clarke, 1981: 17), Ohio.

Unio donaciformis Lea, 1828 = Truncilla donaciformis

Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 267 [9], pl. 4, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84457, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828 = Obovaria olivaria

Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 268, pl. 4, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ANSP_56614, Ohio River.

Unio irroratus Lea, 1828 = Cyprogenia stegaria

Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 269, pl. 5, fig. 5-7.
Type(s): PARATYPE USNM_84299, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828 = Quadrula quadrula

Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 272 [14], pl. 6, fig. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84165, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Unio lanceolatus Lea, 1828 = Parvaspina lanceolata

Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 266 [8], pl. 3, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85905, Tar R., at Tarborough, N. Carolina.

Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829 = Epioblasma obliquata

Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 269 [as ‘Unio ellipsis var. a’].
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 430, pl. 8, fig. 12.
Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5, lower figs.
Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_84803, Ohio.