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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Lea (1845): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationLea, I. 1845. Description of new fresh water and land shells. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 9 [O. 4]: 275-282, pls. 39-42 (Obs. 4: 33-40). Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesUnio aheneus Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 280 [38], pl. 41, fig. 9.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86030, Black Creek, Florida. | |
Unio amygdalum Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 275 [33], pl. 39, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86127, L. George, Florida. | |
Unio aratus Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 282 [40], pl. 42, fig. 12.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84395, [Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua]. | |
Unio buckleyi Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 276 [34], pl. 39, fig. 2.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85236, Lake George, Florida. | |
Unio buddianus Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 277 [35], pl. 40, fig. 5.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85606, L. George, Florida. | |
Unio fuscatus Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 277 [35], pl. 40, fig. 4.
(homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820; renamed Unio rafinesquei Vanatta, 1915)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85243, Black Cr., Fla. | |
Unio minor Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 276 [34], pl. 39, fig.3.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835)
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN USNM_85310, L George, Fla. | |
Unio monroensis Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 279 [37], pl. 41, fig. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85169, L. Monroe, Florida. | |
Unio neglectus Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 280, pl. 42, fig. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85701, Northern Alabama. | |
Unio occultus Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 279 [37], pl. 41, fig. 7.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_85247, Lake Monroe, Fla. | |
Unio superbus Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 281, pl. 42, fig. 11.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83934 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 142), New Holland. | |
Unio trossulus Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1] [as ‘trosculus’].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 278 [36], pl. 40, fig. 6.
(correct name for Unio trosculus Lea, 1843)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84705, L. Monroe, Fla. | |
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