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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 six new species of Unionidæ from Alabama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 307. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta showalterii Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 307.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 215 [37], pl. 33, fig. 284.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86487, Coosa River, Wetumpka, Ala.

Unio dolosus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 307.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 75 [79], pl. 9, fig. 224.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86119, Claiborne, Ala.

Unio hartmanianus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 307.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 73 [77], pl. 8, fig. 222.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84652, Coosa R., Wetumpka, Ala.

Unio parvulus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 307.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 45 [49], pl. 16, fig. 43.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84139, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Unio plancus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 307.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 81 [85], pl. 10, fig. 229.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85345, Coosa R., Wetumpka, Ala.

Unio showalterii Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 307.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 73 [77], pl. 8, fig. 223.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85748, Coosa R., Ala.

 
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