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Publication Lea (1859): attributed nominal species
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1859. New Unionidæ of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences 4 [O. 7]: 191-233, pls. 21-32 (Obs. 7, part 1: 9-51). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 139.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 230 [48], pl. 28, fig. 99.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86600, Macon (Swift Creek), Georgia.

Anodonta gesnerii Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 139.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 231 [49], pl. 31, fig. 109.
Type(s): TYPE USNM_86427, Uphaupee Cr., ..., Ala.

Anodonta hallenbeckii Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 232 [50], pl. 32, fig. 112.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86428, Uphaupee Cr., Macon Co., Alabama.

Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 229 [47], pl. 32, fig. 113.
(renamed Strophitus conasaugaensis Ortmann, 1923)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86277, Connasauga Cr., W. Georgia.

Margaritana elliottii Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 226, pl. 31, fig. 108.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86257, Uchee bar bel. Columbus, Ga.

Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 227 [45], pl. 31, fig. 110.
(renamed Margaritana georgiana Lea, 1859)

Margaritana triangulata Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 138.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 228 [46], pl. 32, fig. 111.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86249 (by Clarke, 1981: 38), Chattahoochee R., Ga.

Unio bulbosus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 172.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 191 [9], pl. 21, fig. 75.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84715, Flint R., near Macon, Ga.

Unio burkensis Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 112.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 215 [33], pl. 27, fig. 95.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85998, Buck Head Cr., Burke Co., Ga.

Unio chattanoogaensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 166.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 209 [27], pl. 25, fig. 90.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84729, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Unio compactus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 218, pl. 28, fig. 98.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84447, Etowah R., Ga.

Unio corvus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 112.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 217 [35], pl. 28, fig. 97.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84539, Buckhead Cr., Burke Co., Ga.

Unio denigratus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 200 [18], pl. 23, fig. 83.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85568, near Columbus, Ga.

Unio downiei Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 166.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 210 [28], pl. 25, fig. 91.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84854, Satilla R., Ga.

Unio fibuloides Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 154.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 219 [37], pl. 28, fig. 100.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85809, Connasauga R., Ga.

Unio hazlehurstianus Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 166.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 211 [29], pl. 26, fig. 92 .
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86009, Satilla R., Camden Co., Ga.

Unio modicus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 204 [22], pl. 24, fig. 86.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84787, Chattahoochee R., 10 mi above Columbus, Ga.

Unio neislerii Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 165.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 212 [30], pl. 26, fig. 93.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83993, Flint R., Lanier, Georgia.

Unio obfuscus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 172.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 197 [15], pl. 22, fig. 80.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85089, Flint R., Macon Ga.

Unio penicillatus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 203 [21], pl. 23, fig. 85.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84142, Flint River, near Albany, Georgia.

Unio plantii Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 192 [10], pl. 21, fig. 76.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85005, Flint R., Macon, Ga.

Unio prattii Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 166.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 206 [24], pl. 24, figs. 88-88a.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES USNM_85145, Roswell, Cobb Co., Georgia.

Unio purpurellus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 171.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 198 [16], pl. 23, fig. 81.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85675, Flint R., Albany, Georgia.

Unio radians Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 32.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 201, pl. 23, fig. 84.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85156, Othcalooga Cr., Ga.

Unio satillaensis Lea, 1858
Lea, 1858. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 10: 166.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 216 [34], pl. 27, fig. 96.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84855, Satilla R., Camden Co., Ga.

Unio spissus Lea, 1859
Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 112.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 208 [26], pl. 25, fig. 89.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84853, Satilla R., Ga.

Unio subniger Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 172.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 196 [14], pl. 22, fig. 79.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85560, Flint R. Macon, Ga.

Unio sudus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 170.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 194 [12], pl. 21, fig. 77.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85155, Dry Creek, near Columbus, Georgia.

Unio tetricus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 170.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 195 [13], pl. 22, fig. 78.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85655, Flint R., Albany, Ga.

Unio woodwardianus Lea, 1859
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 199.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
(error for Unio woodwardius Lea, 1857)

Unio woodwardius Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 170.
Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 199, pl. 23, fig. 82; pl. 29, fig. 103 [as ‘woodwardianus’].

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