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ANSP Unionidae
Unionidae  Elliptio downiei Lea 1858 
paralectotypes   
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donor Lea, I. 
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provenance Lea, I.
  Isaac Lea Collection 
Alcohol Catalog # A14597 
Count   7   
Catalog date 18  Apr  1991 
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ecology  
unnamed locality  
specific locality Buck Lake, Satilla River 
secondary division Brantley County 
primary division Georgia 
country USA 
body of water Satilla River Drainage 
original locality formerly Wayne County 
Coordinates 31°11'52''N, 081°52'37''W 
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station JAR NO. 22 
collector Downie, J. C. & Postell, J. 
date collected 20  Jul  1857         
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Remarks

ANSP A14597

remarks For original jar labels and alphabetical listing of taxa in jars see ANSP archive collection 201-i(a1 and a2) and for notebooks with anatomical information see archives collection 454. Alcohol collection was accessioned at ANSP as no. 372 in 1877. Old jars with original labels maintained in malacology alcohol collection area. Anatomical notes are in notebook 3:2-3. 5 females and 2 males. Examined 12 Sep 1857. Johnson (1970:307) designated USNM 84854 as lectotype. Johnson (1956:113) listed MCZ 178716 as a paratype (paralectotype). 

Citations

ANSP A14597

Lea, 1858. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 166