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

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Publication Lea (1857): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1857. Description of three new exotic species of Naïades. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 85. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta holtonis Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 316 [36], pl. 32, fig. 31.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86519, near Cauca River, Prov. Popayán, New Grenada.

Unio canadensis Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 268 [86], pl. 44, fig. 148.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84503, St. Helens Id., Montreal, Canada.

Unio poeyanus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 85.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 315 [35], pl. 32, fig. 30.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85894, Rio de las Balsas, near Coyucan, Mexico.

 
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