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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Lea (1863): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationLea, I. 1863. Descriptions of twenty-four new species of Unionidæ of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 191-194. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta bealei Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 194.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 26 [30], pl. 9, fig. 25.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_86690 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 19), Leon Co., Texas. | |
Anodonta dolearis Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193. | |
Anodonta doliaris Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193 [as ‘dolearis’].
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 24 [28], pl. 8, fig. 23.
(error for Anodonta dolearis Lea, 1863) | |
Unio aberrans Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 7 [11], pl. 1, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85600, Neuse R., 10 mi E of Raleigh, N. Carolina. | |
Unio ablatus Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 13 [17], pl. 4, fig. 10 [as ‘oblatus’]. | |
Unio charlottensis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 8 [12], pl. 2, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85402, near Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. | |
Unio chathamensis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 21 [25], pl. 6, fig. 19.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85672, Rocky R., Chatham Co., N.C. | |
Unio cistellaeformis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192 [as ‘cistellæformis’].
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 19 [23], pl. 6, fig. 17 [as ‘cistellæformis’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85533, Neuse R., near Raleigh, N. Carolina. | |
Unio curatus Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 23 [27], pl. 7, fig. 21. | |
Unio gastonensis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 20 [24], pl. 6, fig. 18.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85409, Mine Cr., Gaston Co., N.C. | |
Unio indefinilus Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 15 [19], pl. 4, fig. 12 [as ‘indefinitus’].
(renamed Unio indefinitus Haas, 1969) | |
Unio livingstonensis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 14 [18], pl. 4, fig. 11.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85536, Livingston Cr., Brunswick Co., N.C. | |
Unio lucidus Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 9 [13], pl. 2, fig. 6.
(homonym of Unio (Anodontes) lucida d’Orbigny, 1835)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85242, Livingston Cr., Brunswick Co., N.C. | |
Unio mecklenbergensis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 17 [21], pl. 5, fig. 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85419, near Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Co., N.C. | |
Unio mediocris Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 24 [28], pl. 7, fig. 22.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85611, Neuse R., Raleigh, N.C. | |
Unio nasutidus Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192. | |
Unio oblatus Simpson, 1900
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193 [as ‘ablatus’].
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 13 [17], pl. 4, fig. 10.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 730.
(new name for Unio ablatus Lea, 1863)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86001, Gaston Co., N.C. | |
Unio perlatus Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 15 [19], pl. 4, fig. 13.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86006, Black Rock Landing, Cape Fear R., N.C. | |
Unio perlucens Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 18 [22], pl. 5, fig. 16.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85076, Six Runs, Sampson Co., N Carolina. | |
Unio pertenuis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 8 [12], pl. 2, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86139, Neuse R., Raleigh, N. Carolina. | |
Unio quadrilaterus Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 5 [9], pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85385, Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C. | |
Unio raleighensis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 6 [10], pl. 1, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85592, Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C. | |
Unio squalidus Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 192.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 22 [26], pl. 7, fig. 20.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85376, Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C. | |
Unio viridulus Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 10 [14], pl. 3, fig. 7.
(homonym of Unio favidens var. viridula Benson, 1862)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85908, Neuse R., near Raleigh, N.C. | |
Unio waccamawensis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 193.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 16 [20], pl. 5, fig. 14.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84437, Waccamaw Lake, N. Carolina. | |
Unio weldonensis Lea, 1863
 Lea, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 11 [15], pl. 3, fig. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85407, Roanoke R., Weldon, N.C. | |
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