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Publication Lea (1870): species taxonomic opinions
Full Citation
Lea, I. 1870. A Synopsis of the Family of Naïades (4th ed.). 184 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13126525.
Taxonomic Opinions
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Margaron (Anodonta) angulata (Lea) = Gonidea angulata
+ Anodon feminalis Gould, 1850
+ Anodonta randalli Trask, 1854
+ Anodon biangulata Sowerby, 1869
Margaron (Anodonta) arcuta (Caill.) = Chambardia rubens
Margaron (Anodonta) benedictii (Lea) = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta cultrata Lea, 1852
+ Symphynota benedictensis Lea, 1834
Margaron (Anodonta) chaiziana (Rang) = Aspatharia chaiziana
+ Epigenia decorata ‘Parr.’ of Authors
+ Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835
Margaron (Anodonta) crassa (Swain.) = Anodontites patagonica
Margaron (Anodonta) crispata (Lam.) = Anodontites crispata
+ Anodon glauca Gould, 1850
+ Anodonta puberula Gould, 1852
Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Lin.) = Anodonta cygnea + Anodonta anatina + Atlanticoncha ochracea + Utterbackiana implicata + Pyganodon cataracta + Pseudanodonta complanata + Anodonta exulcerata + Beringiana beringiana
+ Anodonta cygnea Rossmässler, 1835
+ Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807
+ Mytilus cygneus Schröter, 1779
+ Anodonta cygnaea ‘Linnaeus’ of Authors
+ Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
+ Mytilus anatinus Sheppard, 1821
+ Anodonta anatina Dupuy, 1850
+ Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791
+ Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791
+ Mytilus fucatus Dillwyn, 1817
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Margaron (Anodonta) decora (Lea) = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodon inornata J.G. Anthony, 1866
Margaron (Anodonta) edentula (Say) = Strophitus undulatus
+ Alasmodon rhombica J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Anodon areolatus Swainson, 1829
+ Anodon unadilla De Kay, 1843
Margaron (Anodonta) elongata (Swain.) = Anodontites elongata
Margaron (Anodonta) exilis (Lea) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis + Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Anodonta polita Mousson, 1849
+ Anodonta siliqua Küster, 1853
Margaron (Anodonta) fluviatilis (Dill., not Gmel.) = Pyganodon cataracta + Pyganodon fragilis
+ Mytilus illitus Lightfoot, 1786
+ Anodonta marginata Say, 1817
+ Anodonta teres Conrad, 1834
+ Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817
Margaron (Anodonta) footiana (Lea) = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodon mcnielii J.G. Anthony, 1866
+ Anodon opalina J.G. Anthony, 1865
Margaron (Anodonta) fragilis (Lam.) = Pyganodon fragilis + Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodon pallida J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Anodon imbricata J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Anodon flava J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Anodon glandulosa J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Anodon irisans J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Anodonta subcarinata Currier, 1867
Margaron (Anodonta) georginæ (Gray) = Anodontites trigona + Leila blainvilliana
+ Leila georgina Hupé, 1857
Margaron (Anodonta) gibba (Benson) = Sinanodonta woodiana
Margaron (Anodonta) gibbosa (Say) = Pyganodon gibbosa + Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta inflata Lea, 1836
Margaron (Anodonta) glauca (Valen.) = Anodontites trapesialis + Anodontites trigona
+ Anodon ovata Swainson, 1841
Margaron (Anodonta) imbecillis (Say) = Utterbackia imbecillis
+ Anodonta incerta Lea, 1834
+ Anodon horda Gould, 1855
Margaron (Anodonta) implicata (Say) = Utterbackiana implicata + Pyganodon cataracta
+ Anodonta newtonensis Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta housatonica Gould, 1848
+ Anodonta excurvata De Kay, 1843
Margaron (Anodonta) lato-marginata (Lea) = Anodontites patagonica + Anodontites trapezea + Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon trapezeus Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Anodonta exotica Cuvier, 1817
+ Anodonta membranacea d’Orbigny, 1846
Margaron (Anodonta) limnoica (d’Orb.) = Anodontites trigona
Margaron (Anodonta) lucasi (Desh. More.) = Anodonta cygnea
Margaron (Anodonta) lucida (d’Orb.) = Anodontites lucida
Margaron (Anodonta) magnifica (Lea) = Sinanodonta woodiana
+ Anodon rotundatus Swainson, 1841
+ Anodonta aurata Küster, 1853
Margaron (Anodonta) marryattana [sic] (Lea) = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodon subinflata J.G. Anthony, 1865
Margaron (Anodonta) mortoniana (Lea) = Anodontites patagonica + Anodontites trigona + Cristaria plicata
+ Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio (Anodonta) smaragdina Anton, 1839
Margaron (Anodonta) obtusa (Spix) = Anodontites obtusa
+ Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Spix in Wagner, 1827
Margaron (Anodonta) ononensis [sic] = Cristaria plicata
+ Anodon gigantea Gould, 1849
Margaron (Anodonta) oregonensis (Lea) = Brachyanodon oregonensis
+ Anodon cognata Gould, 1850
Margaron (Anodonta) ovata (Lea) = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodon subangulata J.G. Anthony, 1865
Margaron (Anodonta) pallegoixi (Cuming. Reeve) = Lens pallegoixi
Margaron (Anodonta) plana (Lea) = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta declivis Conrad, 1834
Margaron (Anodonta) puelchana (d’Orb.) = Anodontites trigona
Margaron (Anodonta) schrenkii = Sinanodonta schrenkii
+ Anodonta magnifica Schrenck, 1867
Margaron (Anodonta) sinuosa (Lam.) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon sinuosis Swainson, 1841
Margaron (Anodonta) sirionos (d’Orb.) = Anodontites patagonica + Anodontites ferrarisii
+ Unio (Anodontes) ferrarisii d’Orbigny, 1835
Margaron (Anodonta) solidula (Deville and Hupé) = Anodontites elongata
Margaron (Anodonta) spixii (d’Orb.) = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodonta trapezium ‘Mori.’ of Authors
Margaron (Anodonta) tenebricosa (Lea) = Anodontites tenebricosa
+ Anodon tenebrosa Sowerby, 1867
Margaron (Anodonta) trapezialis [sic] (Lam.) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodonta trapezialis ‘Lamarck’ of Authors
+ Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819
+ Anodonta exotica ‘Lamarck’ of Authors
+ Anodon giganteus Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon penicillatus Gray, 1834
+ Anodon susannae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
+ Anodonta trapezia ‘Küster’ of Authors
+ Anodon ciconia Gould, 1851
+ Anodon blainvilleana Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodon subsinuatus Sowerby, 1867
Margaron (Anodonta) undulata (Say) = Strophitus undulatus
+ Anodonta undulata ‘Say’ of Authors
+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822
+ Anodonta pensylvanica Lamarck, 1819
+ Alasmodonta marginata Küster of Authors
Margaron (Anodonta) uniopsis (Lam.) = Microcondylaea bonellii
+ Alasmodonta compressa ‘Por.’ of Authors
Margaron (Anodonta) vescoiana (Bourg.) = Anodonta vescoiana
Margaron (Anodonta) wahlamatensis (Lea) = Brachyanodon nuttalliana
+ Anodonta triangularis Trask, 1854
+ Anodonta rotundovata Trask, 1854
Margaron (Anodonta) wardiana (Lea) = Strophitus undulatus
+ Anodonta virgata Conrad, 1836
Margaron (Columba) blainvilliana (Lea) = Leila blainvilliana + Anodontites trapesialis
+ Iridina trapezialis d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Anodon parishii Gray, 1834
+ Anodon hians Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodon scriptus Sowerby, 1867
Margaron (Columba) esula (Jan.) = Leila esula + Leila blainvilliana
+ Leila castelnaudii Hupé, 1857
+ Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857
Margaron (Dipsas) discoideus (Lea) = Pletholophus tenuis
+ Unio tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
Margaron (Dipsas) plicatus (Leach) = Cristaria plicata + Cristaria bellua
+ Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817
+ Anodonta dipsas Blainville, 1825
+ Anodonta exotica Blainville, 1825
+ Anodon alatus ‘Sow.’ of Authors
+ Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848
+ Anodonta bellua Morelet, 1866
+ Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829
+ Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831
Margaron (Margaritana) calceola (Lea) = Sulcularia viridis
+ Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840
+ Unio triqueter Short & Eaton, 1831
+ Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1834
+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834
Margaron (Margaritana) complanata (Bar.) = Pterosyna complanata
+ Alasmodon complanatus Sowerby, 1839
Margaron (Margaritana) dehiscens (Say) = Hemistena lata
+ Unio oriens Lea, 1831
Margaron (Margaritana) georgiana (Lea) = Alasminota etowaensis + Alasminota holstonia
+ Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858
+ Alasmodonta impressa J.G. Anthony, 1865
Margaron (Margaritana) hildrethiana (Lea) = Simpsonaias ambigua
+ Alasmodonta ambigua Say, 1825
Margaron (Margaritana) holstonia (Lea) = Alasminota holstonia
+ Unio holstonianus Hanley, 1843
Margaron (Margaritana) margaritifera (Lin.) = Margaritifera margaritifera + Pseudunio auricularius + Middendorffinaia mongolica + Unio nanus + Uniomerus carolinianus + Margaritifera dahurica + Margaritifera falcata + Margaritifera middendorffi
+ Dichonca crassissima Klein, 1753
+ Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791
+ Mya margaritifera Da Costa, 1778
+ Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823
+ Unio mongolicus Middendorff, 1851
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio sinuatus Studer, 1820
+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
+ Unio rivalis Lea, 1836
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Margaron (Margaritana) marginata (Say) = Alasmidonta marginata + Alasmidonta varicosa
+ Alasmodon marginata De Kay, 1843
+ Alasmodonta truncata ‘Say, in lit.’ of Authors
+ Unio cariosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Margaritana marginata ‘Say’ of Authors
+ Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828
+ Alasmodon corrugata De Kay, 1843
Margaron (Margaritana) raveneliana (Lea) = Alasmidonta raveneliana
+ Unio swananoensis Hanley, 1843
Margaron (Margaritana) rugosa (Bar.) = Lasmigona costata
+ Alasmodonta abducta Lea, 1836
Margaron (Margaritana) undulata (Say) = Alasmidonta undulata
+ Alasmodonta sculptilis Say, 1829
+ Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio glabratus G.B. Sowerby, 1821
+ Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840
Margaron (Monocondylœa) [sic] bonellii (Fér.) = Microcondylaea bonellii
+ Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830
Margaron (Monocondylœa) [sic] cumingii (Lea) = Sundadontina cumingii + Thaiconcha callifera
+ Pseudodon ellipticum Conrad, 1865
Margaron (Monocondylœa) [sic] rhomboidea (Lea) = Pseudodontopsis euphratica
+ Unio euphraticus Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio opperti Bourguignat, 1856
+ Unio churchillianus Bourguignat, 1857
Margaron (Monocondylœa) [sic] saulcyi (Bourg.) = Leguminaia saulcyi
+ Unio michonii Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio tripolitanus Bourguignat, 1852
Margaron (Monocondylœa) [sic] vondembuschiana (Lea) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus
+ Alasmodonta zollingeri Mousson, 1849
+ Alasmodonta crispata Mousson, 1849
+ Margaritana fragilis Küster, 1862
Margaron (Prisodon) duprei (Recluz) = Callonaia duprei
+ Castalia dolabella Sowerby, 1869
Margaron (Prisodon) nodulosus (Wood) = Scriptolamprotula nodulosa + Lamprotula plumbea
+ Chama plumbea Dillwyn, 1817
Margaron (Prisodon) truncatus (Schum.) = Castalia ambigua + Castalia inflata + Castalia multisulcata + Castalia crosseana + Castalia cordata + Castaliella schombergiana + Castalia psammoica + Castaliella quadrata
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819
+ Castalia ambigua Sowerby, 1869
+ Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Castalia turgida Hupé, 1857
+ Castalia retusa Hupé, 1857
+ Castalia acuticosta Hupé, 1857
+ Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857
+ Castalia castelnauii ‘Hupé’ of Authors
+ Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865
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Margaron (Triquetra) browniana (Lea) = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Hyria humilis Troschel, 1847
Margaron (Triquetra) contorta (Lea) = Lanceolaria lanceolata
+ Triquetra lanceolata Lea, 1856
Margaron (Triquetra) corrugata (Lam.) = Triplodon corrugatus + Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Hyria rugosa Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
+ Hyria rosea Lea, 1852
+ Hyria transversa Hupé, 1857
+ Mya angulata Wood, 1828
+ Triplodon rugosus Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817
+ Hyria exasperata Sowerby, 1869
+ Hyria latialata Sowerby, 1869
+ Hyria rugosissima Sowerby, 1869
Margaron (Triquetra) subviridis (Klein) = Prisodon syrmatophorus + Prisodon obliquus
+ Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791
+ Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio corrugata Blainville, 1825
+ Hyria elongata Swainson, 1841
+ Hyria cordata Menke, 1828
+ Hyria complanata Hupé, 1857
+ Hyria castelnaudii Hupé, 1857
+ Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817
+ Unio caudatus Wagner, 1827
+ Diplodon furcatum Spix in Wagner, 1827
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Margaron (Unio) aberti (Conrad) = Cyprogenia aberti
+ Unio lamarckianus Lea, 1852
Margaron (Unio) africanus (Lea) = Unio caffer
Margaron (Unio) altilis (Con.) = Hamiota altilis
Margaron (Unio) angustus (Lam.)
Margaron (Unio) anodontoides (Lea) = Lampsilis teres
+ Unio teres ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
+ Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820
Margaron (Unio) araucanus (Phili.) = Diplodon chilensis
Margaron (Unio) aræformis (Lea) = Epioblasma arcaeformis
+ Unio nexus Say, 1831
Margaron (Unio) arctatus (Con.) = Elliptio arctata
Margaron (Unio) arcus (Con.) = Elliptio arca
Margaron (Unio) asperrimus (Lea) = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio quadrulus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
+ Unio nobilis Conrad, 1854
Margaron (Unio) atratus (Sow.) = Diplodon chilensis + Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio (Niaa) atrata Swainson, 1823
+ Unio chilensis Gray, 1828
+ Unio molinae Philippi, 1847
Margaron (Unio) auratus (Swain.) = Diplodon chilensis
+ Unio obtusa d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio depressa d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio chiloensis Küster, 1861
+ Unio gassiei Küster, 1856
+ Unio fragilis Reeve, 1865
Margaron (Unio) australis (Lam.) = Hyridella australis
+ Unio australis Philippi, 1848
Margaron (Unio) aztecorum (Phili.) = Nephronaias aztecorum
Margaron (Unio) æsopus (Green) = Plethobasus cyphyus
+ Unio cicatricosus Conrad, 1834
+ Unio cyphia Rafinesque, 1820
Margaron (Unio) bagdadensis (Bourg.) = Coelatura aegyptiaca
Margaron (Unio) batavus (Mat. & Ract.) = Unio crassus + Unio nanus + Unio mancus + Margaritifera margaritifera + Unio delphinus + Unio elongatulus + Potomida littoralis + Unio vicarius
+ Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791
+ Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786
+ Unio ater Nilsson, 1822
+ Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio fusculus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio gibba Lea, 1836
+ Unio labacensis Rossmässler, 1835
+ Unio reniformis Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio fuscus Lea, 1836
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Margaron (Unio) bengalensis (Lea) = Simpsonella burroughiana + Pletholophus tenuis
+ Anodonta chinensis Küster, 1853
+ Unio verecundus Gould, 1850
Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea = Balwantia soleniformis
+ Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836
Margaron (Unio) beskeanus [sic] (Dünk.) [sic] = Diplodon ellipticus
Margaron (Unio) blandingianus (Lea) = Uniomerus carolinianus
+ Unio rivicolus Conrad, 1868
Margaron (Unio) bruguierianus (Bourg.) = Unio bruguierianus
