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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Lea (1867): summary
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Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1867. Descriptions of five new species of Unionidæ and one Paludina of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 81. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta youconensis Lea, 1867
Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.
(incorrect original spelling of Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867)

Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867
Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81 [as ‘youconensis’].
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 287 [47], pl. 40, fig. 99.
(correct name for Anodonta youconensis Lea, 1867)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86624, Upper Yukon R., Alaska.

Margaritana columbensis Lea, 1867
Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.

Unio bisselianus Lea, 1867
Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 277 [37], pl. 37, fig. 90.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85373, Bissels Pond, Charlotte, N.C.

Unio clinchensis Lea, 1867
Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 278 [38], pl. 37, fig. 91.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84596, Clinch R., Tenn.

Unio jewettii Lea, 1867
Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 276 [36], pl. 37, fig. 89.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85374, Sink of Noonan’s Lake, Fla.

 
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