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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Lea (1865): summary
publication summary Complete CitationLea, I. 1865. Description of six new species of western Asiatic Unionidæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 285-286. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesMonocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865
 Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
 Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 252, pl. 30, fig. 67 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86354, near Mardin, R. Tigris, Syria. | |
Unio emesaensis Lea, 1865
 Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286.
 Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 254 [14], pl. 30, fig. 68.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85856, Emesi, L. Homs, R. Orontes, N. Syria. | |
Unio homsensis Lea, 1865
 Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
 Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 249 [9], pl. 29, fig. 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_125718, Orontes R., Lake Homs, N. Syria. | |
Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865
 Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
 Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 251 [11], fig. 29, fig. 65.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85663, near Mardin, Asiatic Turkey. | |
Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865
 Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286.
 Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 252 [12], pl. 30, fig. 66.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85664, R. Tigris, near Mardin, Asiatic Turkey. | |
Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865
 Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
 Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 250 [10], pl. 29, fig. 64.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85603, Tigris R., Pashalic of Orpha, Asiatic Turkey. | |
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