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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page documents data for Lea (1860), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Lea, I. 1860. Descriptions of four new species of Unionidæ from Brazil and Buenos Ayres. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 89-90.

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Attributed Species Names

Unio patelloides Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89.
Lea, 1863, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 383 [19], pl. 43, fig. 291.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85780, Amazon R., Brazil.

Anodonta amazonensis Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89.
Lea, 1863, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 395 [31], pl. 46, fig. 300.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86724, Upper Amazon, Brazil.

Anodonta moricandii Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 90.
Lea, 1863, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 396, pl. 49, fig. 303.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86695, Bahia, Brazil.

Unio trifidus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 89.
Lea, 1863, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 386 [22], pl. 54, fig. 295.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85352, Buenos Ayres, Argentina.

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