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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Lea (1864): summary
publication summary Complete CitationLea, I. 1864. Descriptions of six new species of Unionidæ from Lake Nyassa, Central Africa, &c. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 108-109. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesSpatha alata Lea, 1864
 Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 35 [39], pl. 12, fig. 31.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86776, Lake Nyasa, Af. | |
Spatha modesta Lea, 1864
 Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 37 [41], pl. 13, fig. 35.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86779, Mozambique. | |
Spatha nyassaensis Lea, 1864
 Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 36 [40], pl. 13, fig. 33.
(renamed Spathella nyassana Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86777, Lake Nyassa, Af. | |
Unio aferula Lea, 1864
 Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 34 [38], pl. 13, fig. 34 [as ‘aferulus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84058, L. Nyassa, Africa. | |
Unio kirkii Lea, 1864
 Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 108.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 32 [36], pl. 12, fig. 30.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84056, L. Nyassa, Central Africa. | |
Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864
 Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 108.
 Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 33 [37], pl. 12, fig. 32.
(renamed Unio nyassanus Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84057, L. Nyassa, Africa. | |
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