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

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Publication Lea (1860): summary
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Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1860. Descriptions of four new species of Unionidæ from Brazil and Buenos Ayres. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 89-90. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta amazonensis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89.
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 395 [31], pl. 46, fig. 300.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86724, Upper Amazon, Brazil.

Anodonta moricandii Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 90.
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 396, pl. 49, fig. 303.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86695, Bahia, Brazil.

Unio patelloides Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89.
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 383 [19], pl. 43, fig. 291.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85780, Amazon R., Brazil.

Unio trifidus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89.
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 386 [22], pl. 54, fig. 295.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85352, Buenos Ayres, Argentina.

 
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