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Publication Lea (1861): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1861. Descriptions of two new species of Anodontæ, from Arctic America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 56. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta kennicottii Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 56.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 214 [36], pl. 33, fig. 283.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86442, N End of Lake Winnipeg.

Anodonta simpsoniana Lea, 1861
Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 56.
Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 212 [34], pl. 32, fig. 281.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86434, Fort Rae, Gt. Slave Lake.

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