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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Lea (1861): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationLea, I. 1861. Descriptions of eleven new species of the genus Unio from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 391-393. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesUnio chunii Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 196 [18], pl. 27, fig. 265.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84636, Dallas, Texas. | |
Unio contiguus Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 199 [21], pl. 28, fig. 268.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85120, Stewarts Mill Dam, Union Co., N.C. | |
Unio heermannii Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 194 [16], pl. 26, fig. 263.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_83932 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 157), Medina R., Texas. | |
Unio northamptonensis Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 190 [12], pl. 25, fig. 260.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85527, Conn. R., Northampton, Mass. | |
Unio riddellii Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 198 [20], pl. 27, fig. 267.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84635, Dallas, Texas. | |
Unio rostrum Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 391.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 201 [23], pl. 29, fig. 270.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85556, Davidson Co., N.C. | |
Unio sampsonii Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 192, pl. 25, fig. 261.
Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_84802, Wabash R., New Harmony, Ind. | |
Unio squameus Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 391.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 200 [22], pl. 28, fig. 269.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85530, N.C. | |
Unio tesserulae Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392 [as ‘tesserulæ’].
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 40 [44], pl. 15, fig. 39 [as ‘tesserulæ’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84426, Nolachucky R., Tenn. | |
Unio vestitus Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 393.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 189 [11], pl. 25, fig. 259.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85332, Ogeechee R., Georgia. | |
Unio wardii Lea, 1861
 Lea, 1861. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 13: 392.
 Lea, 1862. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 9]: 187 [9], pl. 24, fig. 257.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84237, Mahoning R., Ohio. | |
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