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Publication Lea (1834): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationLea, I. 1834. Observations on the Naïades; and descriptions of new species of that and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 5 [O. 1]: 23-119, pls. 1-19 (Obs. 1: 135-231). Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 77 [189], pl. 12, fig. 35.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_128843 (by Veitenheimer, 1973: 70), So. America. | |
Anodonta burroughiana Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 105, pl. 16, fig. 49.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Island of Luconia, near Manilla [Philippine Islands]. | |
Anodonta ferussaciana Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 45, pl. 6, fig. 15.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86520, Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
Anodonta incerta Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 46, pl. 6, fig. 16. | |
Anodonta latomarginata Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 76, pl. 12, fig. 34 [as ‘lato-marginata’].
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 394 [as ‘lato-marginata’].
Type(s): IDIOTYPE MCZ_175657, Brazil. | |
Anodonta mortoniana Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 80 [192], pl. 13, fig. 37. | |
Anodonta palna Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 48.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86626, Bear Grass Creek, near Louisville, Ky. | |
Anodonta plana Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 48 [as ‘palna’], pl. 7, fig. 18.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86626, Bear Grass Creek, near Louisville, Ky. | |
Anodonta stewartiana Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 47 [159], pl. 6, fig. 17.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86664, Bayou Teche, Louisiana. | |
Anodonta tenebricosa Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 78, pl. 12, fig. 36.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86761, Rio la Plata, Buenos Ayres. | |
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. | |
Cyrena jayensis Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 108, pl. 17, fig. 52. | |
Cyrena rotundata Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 107, pl. 17, fig. 51. | |
Cyrena turgida Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 109, pl. 18, fig. 53. | |
Cyrena woodiana Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 110, pl. 18, fig. 55. | |
Margaritana raveneliana Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 106, pl. 17, fig. 50.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86254 (by Clarke, 1981: 73), Swananee River, North Carolina. | |
Symphynota benedictensis Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 104, pl. 16, fig. 48.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86381, Lake Champlain, Vermont. | |
Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 75 [187], pl. 11, fig. 33.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86358, China. | |
Symphynota globosa Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 41, pl. 4, fig. 12.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ANSP_56609, Ohio. | |
Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 43 [155], pl. 5, fig. 14.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86379, China. | |
Symphynota woodiana Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 42 [154], pl. 5, fig. 13.
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_86380, Canton, China. | |
Unio blandingianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 101, pl. 15, fig. 44.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85715, St. Johns R., Fla. | |
Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 67 [179], pl. 10, fig. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41796, Rio Paraná, Province of Corrientes. | |
Unio camelus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 102 [214], pl. 15, fig. 45.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84486, Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
Unio capillaris Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 29, pl. 2, fig. 2.
Type(s): TYPE USNM_84602, Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
Unio capsaeformis Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 31, pl. 2, fig. 4 [as ‘capsæformis’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_178570, Cumberland River, Tennessee. | |
Unio confertus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 103 [215], pl. 16, fig. 47.
Type(s): IDIOTYPE USNM_85634, Santee Canal, S. Carolina. | |
Unio conradicus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 63 [175], pl. 9, fig. 23.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84134, [no locality available - North America]. | |
Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 61 [173], pl. 8, fig. 21.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, [locality unknown]. | |
Unio corrianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 65, pl. 9, fig. 25.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86056, Calcutta, India. | |
Unio divaricatus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 64 [176], pl. 9, fig. 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85332A, Egypt? (S. Am?). | |
Unio dromas Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 70 [182], pl. 10, fig. 29.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_25852, Tennessee. | |
Unio emarginatus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 62 [174], pl. 9, fig. 22.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86159, [no locality available - Europe]. | |
Unio fulvus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 96 [208], pl. 13, fig. 39.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85679, S.C. | |
Unio geometricus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 38 [150], pl. 4, fig. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85712, Bayou Teche, Louisiana. | |
Unio grayanus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 66 [178], pl. 9, fig. 26.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84162, China. | |
Unio griffithianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 103, pl. 15, fig. 46.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85610, S.C. | |
Unio haysianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 35, pl. 3, fig. 7.
Type(s): TOPOTYPE USNM_84613, Nashville, Tenn. | |
Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 36 [148], pl. 3, fig. 8.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_122252, Ohio R., Louisville, Ky. | |
Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 98 [210], pl. 14, fig. 41.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85815, Mahoning R., Ohio. | |
Unio lacteolus Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 40, pl. 8, fig. 19. | |
Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 97 [209], pl. 13, fig. 40.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85029, Santee Canal, S. Carolina. | |
Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834
‘Say’ of Authors.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 89.
Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 5.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 246. | |
Unio murchisonianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 33, pl. 3, fig. 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84156, China [“Calcutta, India” penciled out]. | |
Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 100, pl. 14, fig. 43.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85114, Nashville, Tenn. | |
Unio nicklinianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 28 [140], pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_83898, Canton China? [Central America]. | |
Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 60 [172], pl. 8, fig. 20.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85928, Paraná R., Prov. Corrientes, S. America. | |
Unio paranensis Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 99 [211], pl. 14, fig. 42.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES ANSP_41798, South America. | |
Unio perdix Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 72 [184], pl. 11, fig. 31.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_84857, Harpeth R., Tenn. | |
Unio pictus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 73 [185], pl. 11, fig. 32.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MCZ_5792, Harpeth River, Tennessee. | |
Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 32 [144], pl. 3, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84783, French Broad R., near Ashville, N. Carolina. | |
Unio schoolcraftensis Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 37 [149], pl. 3, fig. 9. | |
Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 95 [207], pl. 13, fig. 38.
Type(s): PARATYPE MCZ_155568, [Altamaha River] [Hopeton near Darien] McIntosh Co., Georgia. | |
Unio sowerbianus Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 180 [68], pl. 10, fig. 28. | |
Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 30, pl. 2, fig. 3. | |
Unio taitianus Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 39 [151], pl. 4, fig. 11.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84653, Claiborne, Alabama R., Ala. | |
Unio troostensis Lea, 1834
  Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 71, pl. 10, fig. 30.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84701, Stones River, Tenn. | |
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