Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Gonideini | Leguminaia
67 specimens + 10 Genbank vouchers

Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 176 [as ‘Monocondylœa wheatleyi’].
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 399 [34], pl. 50, fig. 307.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86331, R. Tigris, Syria.
Leguminaia (s.s.) wheatleyi — Simpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Falkner (1994), Graf (2007), ... Dai et al. (2024), Bolotov et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Leguminaia whaetleyi [sic] — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 252, pl. 30, fig. 67 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86354, near Mardin, R. Tigris, Syria.
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis — Simpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Leguminaia mardinensis — Kobelt (1904), Thiele (1934), Pallary (1939)
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)
Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 252, pl. 19 bis, figs. 11-13.
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis var. chantrei — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Leguminaia bourguignati — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)
Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 252, pl. 19 bis, figs. 8-10.
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis var. chantrei — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Leguminaia chantrei — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Kobelt, 1912. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 17, pl. 520, fig. 2705.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Monocondyloea wheatleyi Lea, 1862)
Leguminaia (s.s.) wheatleyi — Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 46, pl. 533, figs. 2744-2746.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_4354, A.d. Kara-su, Zufl. des Sees v. Antiochia, Syrien.
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Leguminaia graeteri — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)
Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 17, pl. 520, fig. 2706.
Leguminaia nisibana [sic] — Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia mardinensis — Pallary (1939)
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 7, pl. 515, fig. 2693.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_4356, A.d. Tigris b. Mosul.
Leguminaia (mardinensis var.) naegelei — Kobelt (1913)
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis — Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia mardinensis — Pallary (1939)
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Kobelt, 1914. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 20: 30, pl. 554, figs. 2815-2820.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_4454, Euphrat Zufl. b. Biredschik [Euphrates River, Birecik].
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Jihad (2023)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865)
Leguminaia mardinensis var. truncata — Pallary (1939)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)
Bourguignat, 1876. Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 3: 98.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 3.
(error for Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865)
‘Lea’ Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 253.
(error for Monocondyloea wheatleyi Lea, 1862)
‘Brgt.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 174.
(error for Leguminaia chantrei Locard, 1883)
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis var. chantrei — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
‘Kobelt’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 452.
(error for Leguminaia nisibina Kobelt, 1913)
‘Lea’ Schütt, 1983. Arch. Moll. 113(1/6): pl. 7 fig. 98. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio homsensis Lea, 1865)
‘Lea’ Çek & ŞerefliŞan, 2010. J. Experimental Zool. 315: 30.
(error for Monocondyloea wheatleyi Lea, 1862)
Jawad, 2021. Southern Iraq’s Marshes 36: ??.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta angulata Lea, 1838)
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Bolotov et al. (2024)
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis — Simpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis var. chantrei — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia (s.s.) wheatleyi — Simpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia mardinensis — Kobelt (1904), Thiele (1934), Pallary (1939)
Leguminaia (mardinensis var.) naegelei — Kobelt (1913)
Leguminaia nisibana [sic] — Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia mardinensis var. truncata — Pallary (1939)
Leguminaia wheatleyi — Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Falkner (1994), Graf (2007), ... Dai et al. (2024), Bolotov et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Potomida littoralis homsensis — Schütt (1983)
Leguminaia whaetleyi [sic] — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia bourguignati — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia chantrei — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia graeteri — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)