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Publication Lea (1868): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lea, I. 1868. Descriptions of Unionidæ from the Lower Cretaceous Formation of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 162-164. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta corpulentoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 164.

Anodonta grandioides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 164.

Unio alatoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 164.

Unio carriosoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 163.

Unio humerosoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 163.

Unio ligamentinoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 164.

Unio nasutoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 163.

Unio radiatoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 163.

Unio roanokoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 164.

Unio subrotundoides Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 163.

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