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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 seven new species of Unionidæ from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 306-307.

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Attributed Species Names

Anodonta kennerlyi Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1862, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 8]: 108 [112], pl. 18, fig. 256.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86533, Chiloweyuck Depot, near Puget Sd., Washington.

Unio quadrans Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 360 [42], pl. 61, fig. 185.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_125601, Texas.

Unio perpictus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 350, pl. 58, fig. 175.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85034, Bull R., Tenn.

Unio castus Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 349 [31], pl. 57, fig. 174.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84782, S.C.

Unio lesleyi Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 352, pl. 58, fig. 177.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84759, Kentucky.

Unio lindsleyi Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 351, pl. 58, fig. 176.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84967, Tenn.

Unio eightsii Lea, 1860
Lea, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 306.
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 367 [49], pl. 64, fig. 192.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83991, Sabinas R., Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

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