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

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Publication Lea (1851): summary
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Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1851. Description of five new species of Anodontæ, collected by H. Cuming, Esq., in the East Indies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18: 197-199. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta crepera Lea, 1851
Lea, 1851. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 18: 198.
Lea, 1851. Ann. and Mag. 8: 494.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 238 [56], pl. 34, fig. 117.
Type(s): TYPE USNM_86602, Bongabon, Luzon, Phil. Is.

Anodonta cumingii Lea, 1851
Lea, 1851. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 18: 199.
Lea, 1851. Ann. and Mag. 8: 495.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 235 [53], pl. 33, fig. 114 [as ‘Monocondylœa’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86350, Malacca.

Anodonta gracilis Lea, 1851
Lea, 1851. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 18: 197.
Lea, 1851. Ann. and Mag. 8: 493.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 239 [57], pl. 34, fig. 119.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1968657, Dingle, Isle of Panay.

Anodonta subcrassa Lea, 1851
Lea, 1851. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 18: 198.
Lea, 1851. Ann. and Mag. 8: 495.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 236 [54], pl. 33, fig. 115.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86693, Laguna de Bay, Luzon, Phil. Is.

Anodonta tenuis Lea, 1851
Lea, 1851. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 18: 198.
Lea, 1851. Ann. and Mag. 8: 494.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 237 [55], pl. 33, fig. 116.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1963654, Sual, Luzon, Philippines.

 
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