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Publication Lea (1840): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationLea, I. 1840. Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1: 284-289. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta argentea Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 223, pl. 19, fig. 41.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86538, Stones R., Tenn. | |
Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289 [as ‘cowperiana’].
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 227, pl. 20, fig. 46.
(correct name for Anodonta cowperiana Lea, 1840)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86673 (by R.I. Johnson, 1965: 3), [Altamaha River] Hopeton, near Darien [McIntosh Co.], Georgia. | |
Anodonta cowperiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
(incorrect original spelling of Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840) | |
Anodonta ferruginea Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 225 [63], pl. 19, fig. 43.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86539, Simons Creek, Indiana. | |
Anodonta footiana Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 225 [63], pl. 20, fig. 44.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86468, Fort Winnebago. | |
Anodonta harpethensis Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 224 [62], pl. 19, fig. 42.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86657, Harpeth R., Tenn. | |
Anodonta maryattana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289 [as ‘maryattiana’].
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 226, pl. 20, fig. 45.
(correct name for Anodonta maryattiana Lea, 1840) | |
Anodonta maryattiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 289.
(incorrect original spelling of Anodonta maryattana Lea, 1840) | |
Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 223, pl. 18, fig. 40 [on plate as ‘curreyana’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86227 (by Clarke, 1981: 9), Stones River, Tenn. | |
Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288 [as ‘vondenbuschiana’].
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 222 [60], pl. 18, fig. 39 [as ‘vondenbuschiana’].
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45 [as ‘vondenbuschiana’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 73.
(correct name for Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840; renamed Monodontina buschiana Conrad, 1853)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86348, Java. | |
Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 222, pl. 18, fig. 39.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 501.
(incorrect original spelling of Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840) | |
Unio amoenus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286 [as ‘amœnus’].
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 200, pl. 10, fig. 12 [as ‘amœnus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85070, Holston R., Tenn. | |
Unio atromarginatus Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288 [as ‘atro-marginatus’].
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 207 [45], pl. 13, fig. 21 [as ‘atro-marginatus’]. | |
Unio biangularis Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 197, pl. 9, fig. 8 [as ‘biangulatus’]. | |
Unio biangulatus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288 [as ‘biangularis’].
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 197, pl. 9, fig. 8.
(error for Unio biangularis Lea, 1840)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86120, Caney Fork, Tennessee. | |
Unio bournianus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 213 [51], pl. 15, fig. 28.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84683, Scioto R., Chillicothe, Ohio. | |
Unio boydianus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 216 [54], pl. 16, fig. 32.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86126, Oak Orchard, Orleans Co., N.Y. | |
Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 208 [46], pl. 13, fig. 22.
Type(s): TOPOTYPE USNM_83903, Columbus, Georgia. | |
Unio cincinnatiensis Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 194, pl. 8, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84199, Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 192, pl. 7, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) AMNH_30897, Hunters River, New South Wales, Australia. | |
Unio cuneolus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 193 [31], pl. 7, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84591, Holston R., Tenn. | |
Unio dactylus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 196, pl. 9, fig. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85904, Cany [Caney] Fork, E. Tenn. | |
Unio delphinus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
 ‘Gruner’ Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 218, pl. 17, fig. 35.
(homonym of Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_83910, New Holland. | |
Unio dolabelloides Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 215 [53], pl. 15, fig. 31.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85828, Holston R., Tenn. | |
Unio edgarianus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 214 [52], pl. 15, fig. 30.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84685, Tenn R., Florence, Ala. | |
Unio exiguus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 191 [29], pl. 7, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84974, Chattahoochee R., Columbus, Georgia. | |
Unio fatuus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 201, pl. 11, fig. 14.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86047, Holston R., Tenn. | |
Unio geddingsianus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 202 [40], pl. 11, fig. 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85650, Congaree R., S.C. | |
Unio holstonensis Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 212 [50], pl. 15, fig. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84641, Holston R., Tenn. | |
Unio incrassatus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 217 [55], pl. 16, fig. 34.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84537, Columbus, Ga. | |
Unio javanus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 220, pl. 18, fig. 37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85187, Java. | |
Unio lenior Lea, 1842
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286 [as ‘lenis’].
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 204, pl. 12, fig. 18.
(new name for Unio lenis Lea, 1840)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86130, Stones R., Tenn. | |
Unio lenis Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
(renamed Unio lenior Lea, 1842; homonym of Unio lenis Conrad, 1838) | |
Unio lesueurianus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 195 [33], pl. 8, fig. 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85803, Holston R., Tenn. | |
Unio lineatus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 206 [44], pl. 12, fig. 20.
(renamed Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus Simpson, 1900; homonym of Unio lineata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84884, Chattahoochee River, Columbus, [Muscogee County,] Georgia, [Chattahoochee River drainage]. | |
Unio nitens Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 205 [43], pl. 12, fig. 19.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85132, Long Creek, Tenn. | |
Unio obtusus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 201 [39], pl. 11, fig. 13.
(homonym of Unio obtusa d’Orbigny, 1835)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86142, Georgia. | |
Unio orientalis Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 221, pl. 18, fig. 38.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86058, Java. | |
Unio paulus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 213 [51], pl. 15, fig. 29.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85274, Columbus, Ga. | |
Unio pilaris Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 285.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 209 [47], pl. 14, fig. 24.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85817, French Broad R., Tenn. | |
Unio plenus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 211 [49], pl. 14, fig. 26.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84677, Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
Unio pusillus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 220 [58], pl. 18, fig. 36.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85241, Ogeechee R., Georgia. | |
Unio sloatianus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 217 [55], pl. 16, fig. 33.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE AMNH_56104, Chattahoochee River, Georgia. | |
Unio stonensis Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 195 [33], pl. 8, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84969, Stone R., Tenn. | |
Unio striatus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 203 [41], pl. 12, fig. 16.
(renamed Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915; homonym of Unio striatus Goldfuss, 1837)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84797, Columbus, Ga. | |
Unio strigosus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 198 [36], pl. 9, fig. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85890, Chattahoochee R., Columbus, Georgia. | |
Unio subangulatus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287 [as ‘sub-angulatus’].
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 209 [47], pl. 13, fig. 23.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85081 (by Clench & Turner, 1956: 197), Chattahoochee R., Georgia. | |
Unio tener Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 198, pl. 10, fig. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85026, Big Pigeon R., Tenn. | |
Unio tennesseensis Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 199, pl. 10, fig. 11.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84961, Stone River, Tenn. | |
Unio tortivus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 287.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 204 [42], pl. 12, fig. 17.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE USNM_85674, Lee Co., Ga. | |
Unio tuberosus Lea, 1840
 Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 286.
 Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 210 [48], pl. 14, fig. 25.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84219, Cumberland R., Middle Tenn. | |
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