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Publication Lea (1829): taxonomic opinions

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Lea, I. 1829. Description of a new genus of the family of naïades, including eight species, four of which are new; also the description of eleven new species of the genus Unio from the rivers of the United States: with observations on some of the characters of the Naïades. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 3 [O. 1]: 403-457, pls. 7-14 (Obs. 1: 17-71). Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta [sic] margaritifera Linnaeus = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819

Alasmodonta [sic] margaritifera Linnaeus = Pseudunio auricularius

Alasmodonta [sic] undulata Say = Unio pictorum
+ Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819

Alasmodonta [sic] undulata Say = Alasmidonta varicosa

Alasmodonta [sic] undulata Say = Lamellidens marginalis

Alasmodonta [sic] undulata Say = Alasmidonta undulata

Symphynota alata Say = Potamilus alatus

Symphynota bi-alata = Cristaria plicata

Symphynota complanata = Pterosyna complanata

Symphynota compressa = Platynaias compressa

Symphynota cygnea Linn. = Anodonta cygnea

Symphynota gracilis = Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio fragilis Swainson, 1823
+ Unio planus Barnes, 1823

Symphynota lævissima = Potamilus ohiensis

Symphynota ochracea Say = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Symphynota tenuissima = Potamilus leptodon

Unio ater Lea = Potamilus purpuratus

Unio æsopus Green = Plethobasus cyphyus

Unio brevialis Lamarck = Potomida littoralis

Unio calceolus Lea = Sulcularia viridis

Unio cariosus Say = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio crassus Say, 1817
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio glabrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio cariosa Lamarck, 1819

Unio cariosus Say = Lampsilis radiata

Unio cariosus Say = Alasmidonta varicosa

Unio cariosus Say = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio cariosus Say = Elliptio complanata

Unio circulus Lea = Glebula rotundata
+ Unio rotundata Lamarck, 1819

Unio circulus Lea = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio complanatus Solander MSS. = Uniomerus carolinianus
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817
+ Unio rarisulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio coarctata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rhombula Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio carinifera Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio sulcidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio caroliniana Bosc, 1801
+ Unio fluviatilis Green, 1827

Unio complanatus Solander MSS. = Elliptio complanata

Unio cornutus Bar. = Obliquaria reflexa

Unio corrugata = Parreysia corrugata

Unio cuneatus Bar. = Elliptio crassidens

Unio cylindricus Say = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819

Unio depressa Lamarck = Hyridella depressa

Unio donaciformis Lea = Truncilla donaciformis

Unio ellipsis Lea = Obovaria olivaria

Unio gibbosus Bar. = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio mucronatus Barnes, 1823

Unio granosa Lamarck = Diplodon granosus

Unio heterodon Lea = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Unio iris Lea = Cambarunio iris

Unio irroratus Lea = Cyprogenia stegaria

Unio lacrymosus Lea = Quadrula quadrula

Unio lanceolatus Lea = Elliptio lanceolata

Unio littoralis Lamarck = Potomida littoralis

Unio marginalis Lamarck = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio metanever [sic] Rafin. = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio nodosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio rugosus Barnes, 1823

Unio metanever [sic] Rafin. = Theliderma metanevra

Unio multiradiatus Lea = Lampsilis fasciola

Unio mytiloides Rafin. = Pleurobema clava
+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823

Unio mytiloides Rafin. = Fusconaia flava

Unio nasutus Say = Sagittunio nasutus
+ Unio rostrata Valenciennes, 1827

Unio occidens Lea = Lampsilis cardium

Unio ovatus Say = Lampsilis ovata
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ovata Valenciennes, 1827

Unio ovatus Say = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio parvus Bar. = Toxolasma parvum

Unio patulus Lea = Pleurobema clava

Unio pictorum
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807
+ Unio angusta Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio manca Lamarck, 1819

Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum = Unio crassus

Unio planulatus Lea = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Unio plicatus Le Sueur = Amblema plicata
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio crassus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio undulata Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio dombeyana Valenciennes, 1827

Unio plicatus Le Sueur = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Unio plicatus Le Sueur = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio radiatus Gmelin = Atlanticoncha ochracea
+ Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819

Unio radiatus Gmelin = Lampsilis radiata

Unio radiatus Gmelin = Elliptio complanata

Unio rectus Lam. = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio nasuta Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819

Unio rectus Lam. = Ligumia recta

Unio rectus Lam. = Eurynia dilatata

Unio rubiginosus Lea = Fusconaia flava

Unio scalenius Rafin. = Pleurobema clava

Unio securis Lea = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820

Unio siliquoideus Bar. = Lampsilis siliquoidea
+ Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823

Unio subtentus Say = Ptychobranchus subtentus

Unio sulcatus Lea = Epioblasma obliquata

Unio torsus Rafin. = Obovaria retusa

Unio triangularis Bar. = Epioblasma triquetra

Unio tuberculatus Bar. = Quadrula verrucosa

Unio ventricosus Bar. = Lampsilis cardium

Unio verrucosus Bar. = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio verrucosa Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio tuberculosus Valenciennes, 1827

Unio verrucosus Bar. = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Unio zig-zag Lea = Truncilla donaciformis

 
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