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

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Publication Lea (1860): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1860. Descriptions of five new species of Uniones from north Alabama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 92-93. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio camelopardilis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 92.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 355 [37], pl. 59, fig. 180.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85662, Northern Alabama.

Unio discrepans Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 92.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 340 [22], pl. 55, fig. 165.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85267, N Alabama.

Unio fucatus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 92.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 353 [35], pl. 59, fig. 178.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84857A, N Alabama.

Unio planicostatus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 92.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 354, pl. 59, fig. 179.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85975, Tuscumbia, Ala.

Unio pudicus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 92.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 346 [28], pl. 56, fig. 171.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84553, N Alabama.

Unio scitulus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 93.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 42, pl. 55, fig. 167.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85084, Tuscumbia, Alabama.

 
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