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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. New exotic Unionidæ. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences 5 [O. 10]: 377-400, pls. 41-50 (Obs. 10: 13-36). Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta amazonensis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 395 [31], pl. 46, fig. 300. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86724, Upper Amazon, Brazil. | |
Anodonta cailliaudii Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 308. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 395 [31], pl. 45, fig. 297. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86705, Brazil. | |
Anodonta forbesiana Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 92. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 393, pl. 47, fig. 301. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86694, Uruguay River. | |
Anodonta latomarginata Lea, 1834
 Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 76, pl. 12, fig. 34 [as ‘lato-marginata’]. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 394 [as ‘lato-marginata’]. Type(s): IDIOTYPE MCZ_175657, Brazil. | |
Anodonta moricandii Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 90. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 396, pl. 49, fig. 303. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86695, Bahia, Brazil. | |
Anodonta rubicunda Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 92. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 392, pl. 46, fig. 299. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86401, Uruguay River. | |
Anodonta uruguayensis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 92. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 393, pl. 48, fig. 302. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86753, Uruguay River, S.A. | |
Anodonta wymanii Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 390, pl. 44, fig. 294. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86609, Uruguay River, S.A. | |
Monocondyloea wheatleyi Lea, 1862
Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 176 [as ‘Monocondylœa wheatleyi’]. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 399 [34], pl. 50, fig. 307. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86331, R. Tigris, Syria. | |
Mycetopus emarginatus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 308. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 398 [34], pl. 50, fig. 305. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86787, Siam. | |
Unio aethiops Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91 [as ‘æthiops’]. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 377, pl. 41, fig. 285 [as ‘æthiops’]. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85617, Uruguay R., S. America. | |
Unio disculus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 385 [21], pl. 44, fig. 293. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85775, Uruguay R., S. Amercia. | |
Unio funebralis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 378 [14], pl. 41, fig. 286. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85777, Uruguay R., S. Amercia. | |
Unio gratus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 382 [18], pl. 43, fig. 290. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85784, Uruguay R., S. Amercia. | |
Unio lepidus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 389, pl. 50, fig. 306. (renamed Margaron (Unio) lepidior Lea, 1870; homonym of Unio lepidus Gould, 1856) Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85624, Uruguay R., S. America. | |
Unio nocturnus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91 [as ‘nocturnis’]. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 380 [16], pl. 42, fig. 288. (correct name for Unio nocturnis Lea, 1860) Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85782, Uruguay R., S. Amercia. | |
Unio occatus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 307. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 398, pl. 50, fig. 304. Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84077, Bengal, India. | |
Unio patelloides Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 383 [19], pl. 43, fig. 291. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85780, Amazon R., Brazil. | |
Unio peraeformis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 90 [as ‘peræformis’]. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 384 [20], pl. 43, fig. 292 [as ‘peræformis’]. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85774, Uruguay R., S. Amercia. | |
Unio piceus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 91. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 379, pl. 41, fig. 287. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85643, Uruguay R., S. America. | |
Unio piger Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 90. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 387, pl. 45, fig. 296. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85164, Uruguay R., S. America. | |
Unio trifidus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 386 [22], pl. 54, fig. 295. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85352, Buenos Ayres, Argentina. | |
Unio uruguayensis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 90. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 389, pl. 45, fig. 298. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85166, Uruguay R., S. America. | |
Unio wymanii Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 90. Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 381, pl. 42, fig. 289. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84378, Uruguay River. | |
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