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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 (1868), 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. 1868. Description of two new species of Unionidæ from Equador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 161-162.

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Attributed Species Names

Anodonta napoensis Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 162.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 324 [84], pl. 53, fig. 137.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_25429, Rio Napo, Ecuador.

Unio ortonii Lea, 1868
Lea, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
Lea, 1868, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 321, pl. 52, fig. 134.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_703563, River Napo, Ecuador.

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