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Publication Lea (1828): summary

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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.

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Unio calceolus Lea, 1828 = Sulcularia viridis

specimen image from publicationLea, 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.

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Unio donaciformis Lea, 1828 = Truncilla donaciformis

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

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Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828 = Obovaria olivaria

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

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Unio irroratus Lea, 1828 = Cyprogenia stegaria

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

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Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828 = Quadrula quadrula

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

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Unio lanceolatus Lea, 1828 = Elliptio lanceolata

specimen image from publicationLea, 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.

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Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829 = Epioblasma obliquata

Lea, 1828. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 269 [as ‘Unio ellipsis var. a’].
specimen image from publicationLea, 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.
 
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