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Publication Lea (1859): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationLea, I. 1859. Descriptions of twenty-one new species of exotic Unionidæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 151-154. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta dahomeyensis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 261, pl. 41, fig. 141.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965163, Dahomey, West Africa. | |
Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 260, pl. 41, fig. 140.
(renamed Mutelina senegalica Jousseaume, 1886)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965167, Senegal. | |
Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36, Corridenda et Addenda. | |
Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152 [as ‘demararaensis’].
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 253 [71], pl. 39, fig. 133.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: Corridenda et Addenda.
(error for Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859)
Type(s): TYPE BMNH_1964141, Demerara. | |
Unio diminutis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151.
(incorrect original spelling of Unio diminutus Lea, 1859)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965165, East Africa. | |
Unio diminutus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151 [as ‘diminutis’].
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 254, pl. 39, fig. 134.
(correct name for Unio diminutis Lea, 1859)
Type(s): BMNH_1965165, East Africa. | |
Unio dysonii Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 252 [70], pl. 39, fig. 132.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965173, Honduras. | |
Unio fluctiger Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 250 [68], pl. 39, fig. 130.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965169, Hab._? [Asia ?]. | |
Unio japanensis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 244, pl. 36, fig. 123.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965181 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 85), Japan. | |
Unio layardii Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 243, pl. 36, fig. 122.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965159, Ceylon. | |
Unio mauritianus Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 257 [75], pl. 40, fig. 138.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965157, Mauritius [No — probably from the Philippines.]. | |
Unio melleus Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 250 [68], pl. 38, fig. 129.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965175, Hab._? | |
Unio mutabilis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 248 [66], pl. 38, fig. 127.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965153, Brisbane Water, East Australia. | |
Unio navigioliformis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 245 [63], pl. 37, fig. 124.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1964146, Loc._ ? | |
Unio persulcatus Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 255 [73], pl. 40, fig. 135.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1900-3-19-22, Mexico. | |
Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 247, pl. 37, fig. 126.
(homonym of Unio plicatulus Küster, 1856; renamed Unio borneensis Issel, 1874; renamed Unio pensitatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965156, locality data from Issel “Nord-Est di Borneo; nelle vicinanze della costa presso Mampawa; nel lago Donau Siriang (v. Martens).”. | |
Unio rowellii Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 256 [74], pl. 40, fig. 136.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84398, Chagres R., Panama. | |
Unio shanghaiensis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 242, pl. 36, fig. 121.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965171, Shanghai, China. | |
Unio sikkimensis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 251, pl. 39, fig. 131.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965177, Sikkim, India. | |
Unio sumatrensis Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 239 [57], pl. 34, fig. 118.
(homonym of Unio sumatrensis Dunker, 1852; renamed Margaron (Unio) dimotus Lea, 1870)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84059, Sumatra. | |
Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152 [as ‘thwaitsii’].
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 246 [64], pl. 37, fig. 125.
(correct name for Unio thwaitsii Lea, 1859)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965179, Ceylon. | |
Unio thwaitsii Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 152.
(incorrect original spelling of Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859) | |
Unio vittatus Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 249, pl. 38, fig. 128.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1958-4-3-1, Australia. | |
Unio wilsonii Lea, 1859
 Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 153.
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 256, pl. 40, fig. 137.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41817, N.S. Wales. | |
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