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Publication Lea (1864): summary
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Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1864. Descriptions of two new species of Unionidæ from South Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 113. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864
Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 113.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 64 [68], pl. 20, fig. 58.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86778, Umpingave River, Port Natal, Af.

Unio natalensis Lea, 1864
Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 113.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 59 [63], pl. 20, fig. 57.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ANSP_41686, Umpingave River, Natal, S. Afr.

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