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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Lea (1834): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, 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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta [sic] marginata (Say) = Alasmidonta varicosa
+ Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio cariosa Lamarck, 1819

Alasmodonta [sic] marginata (Say) = Alasmidonta marginata

Anodonta anatina Linnaeus

Anodonta crispata Lamarck = Anodontites crispata

Anodonta cygnea Linnaeus
+ Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta exotica Lamarck = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta fragilis Lamarck = Pyganodon fragilis

Anodonta glauca Lamarck = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta patagonica Lamarck = Anodontites patagonica

Anodonta rubens Lamarck = Chambardia rubens

Anodonta sinuosa Lamarck = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827

Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck = Leila esula

Anodonta uniopsis Lamarck = Microcondylaea bonellii

Castalia ambigua Lamarck

Hyria corrugata Lamarck = Triplodon corrugatus

Hyria syrmatophora Gronovius = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819

Hyria syrmatophora Gronovius = Prisodon obliquus

Iridina exotica Lamarck = Mutela dubia

Iridina nilotica Cailliaud = Mutela dubia
+ Anodon clappertoni Koenig, 1826

Iridina nilotica Cailliaud = Chambardia rubens

Unio angusta Lamarck

Unio ater Lea = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio lugubris Say, 1832

Unio australis Lamarck = Hyridella australis

Unio batava Maton and Racket = Unio crassus

Unio cariosus Say = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio complanatus (Solander) = Elliptio complanata
+ Unio rarisulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817
+ Unio coarctata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rhombula Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio carinifera Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glabrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio sulcidens Lamarck, 1819

Unio crassidens Lamarck = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823

Unio crassus Say = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819

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

Unio depressa Lamarck = Hyridella depressa

Unio gibbosus Barnes = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio nasuta Lamarck, 1819

Unio granosa Lamarck = Diplodon granosus

Unio lacteolus = Diplodon delodontus
+ Unio delodonta Lamarck, 1819

Unio littoralis Lamarck = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio brevialis Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio semirugata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio nana Lamarck, 1819

Unio littoralis Lamarck = Potomida semirugata

Unio littoralis Lamarck = Unio nanus

Unio margaritifera Linnaeus = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823

Unio marginalis Lamarck = Lamellidens marginalis
+ Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819

Unio occidens Lea = Lampsilis cariosa
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819

Unio occidens Lea = Lampsilis cardium

Unio ovata Donovan = Unio pictorum
+ Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819

Unio ovata Donovan = Unio tumidus

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

Unio pictorum Of Authors
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio manca Lamarck, 1819

Unio pictorum Of Authors = Unio mancus

Unio plicatus Say = Amblema plicata
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819

Unio radiatus = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819

Unio radiatus = Elliptio complanata

Unio recta Lamarck = Ligumia recta
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823

Unio rotundata Lamarck = Glebula rotundata
+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834
+ Unio glebulus Say, 1831
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819

Unio scalenia Rafinesque = Pleurobema clava
+ Unio clava Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834

Unio siliquoideus Barnes = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819

Unio siliquoideus Barnes = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Unio sinuata Lamarck = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Dichonca crassissima Klein, 1753

Unio torsa (Rafinesque) = Obovaria retusa
+ Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819

Unio trapezoides Lea = Plectomerus dombeyanus
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819

Unio undatus Barnes = Pleurobema cordatum
+ Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819

Unio undatus Barnes = Fusconaia flava

 
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