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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Lea (1829): summary
publication summary Complete CitationLea, I. 1829. Description of a new genus of the family of naïades, including eight species, four of which are new; also the description of eleven new species of the genus Unio from the rivers of the United States: with observations on some of the characters of the Naïades. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 3 [O. 1]: 403-457, pls. 7-14 (Obs. 1: 17-71). Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAlasmodonta Say, 1819
‘Say’ of Authors.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275.
Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289.
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1.
(new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846) Symphynota Lea, 1829
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 424, 442 [38].
Type species: Unio alatus Say, 1817 (orig. desig.) = Potamilus alatus Attributed Nominal SpeciesThere are 16 available nominal species
attributed to this publication (18 total).
Click here for a complete list. Taxonomic OpinionsThere are 122 taxonomic opinions from this
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