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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Bieler (2021): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Bieler, R. 2021. Isaac Lea’s (1792-1886) substitution and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. Malacologia 64(1): 1-56. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias pectorosa (Conrad, 1834) = Ortmanniana pectorosa
+ Unio biangularis Lea, 1840
+ Unio biangulatus Lea, 1840

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Anodonta jewettiana Lea, 1868
+ Anodonta jewettii Lea, 1868

Arotonaias cyrenoides (Philippi, 1847)
+ Unio newcombianus Lea, 1856
+ Unio newcombii Lea, 1868

Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)
+ Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867
+ Anodonta youconensis Lea, 1867
+ Anodonta youcanensis Lea, 1867
+ Anodon youkamensis Sowerby, 1870
+ Anodonta youkonensis Simpson, 1893
+ Anodonta yukonensis Simpson, 1896

Bineurus mouhotii (I. Lea, 1863)
+ Monocondylaea mouhotiana Lea, 1866

Contradens contradens (I. Lea, 1838) = Lens contradens
+ Unio sumatrensis Lea, 1859
+ Margaron (Unio) dimotus Lea, 1870

Cyclonaias kieneriana (I. Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa kieneriana
+ Unio keinerianus Lea, 1852

Cyclonaias pustulosa (I. Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio schoolcraftensis Lea, 1834
+ Unio schoolcraftii Lea, 1870

Diplodon suavidicus (I. Lea, 1856)
+ Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859
+ Unio demararaensis Lea, 1859

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)
+ Unio indefinitus Haas, 1969
+ Unio indefinilus Lea, 1863
+ Unio wheatleyi Lea, 1857
+ Unio catawbensis Lea, 1857

Elliptio congaraea (I. Lea, 1831)
+ Unio sordidus Lea, 1852
+ Unio sordidis Lea, 1852

Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio ablatus Lea, 1863
+ Unio oblatus Simpson, 1900

Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836) = Elliptio lanceolata
+ Unio nasutidus Lea, 1863
+ Unio nasutulus Lea, 1866
+ Unio nasutilus Simpson, 1900
+ Unio nasululus Simpson, 1914
+ Unio rostraeformis Lea, 1857
+ Unio rostriformis Lea, 1857

Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836)

Elliptio pullata (I. Lea, 1857)
+ Unio pullatis Lea, 1857

Epioblasma lenior (I. Lea, 1842)
+ Unio lenis Lea, 1840

Iheringella isocardiodes (I. Lea, 1856)
+ Plagiodon isocardioides Lea, 1857
+ Iheringella isocardoides Rumi et al., 2008

Indonaia substriata (I. Lea, 1856)
+ Unio subtriatus Lea, 1857

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859
+ Unio thwaitsii Lea, 1859

Lanceolaria lanceolata (I. Lea, 1856)
+ Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857

Lasmigona etowaensis (Conrad, 1849) = Alasminota etowaensis
+ Margaritana georgiana Lea, 1859
+ Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858

Leaunio umbrans (I. Lea, 1857)
+ Unio umbrosus Lea, 1857

Leaunio vanuxemensis (I. Lea, 1838)
+ Margaron (Unio) vanuxemii Lea, 1870

Parreysia corrugata (O.F. Müller, 1774) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
+ Unio luteus Lea, 1856
+ Unio lutens Lea, 1856

Parreysia corrugata (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Pleuronaia barnesiana (I. Lea, 1838)
+ Unio estabrookianus Lea, 1845
+ Unio estabrookii Lea, 1868
+ Unio ornatus Lea, 1861

Pseudodontoideus subvexus (Conrad, 1834)
+ Margaritana tombigbeensis Lea, 1862
+ Margaritana tombecbeensis Lea, 1858

Ptychobranchus foremanianus (I. Lea, 1842)
+ Unio woodwardius Lea, 1857
+ Unio woodwardianus Lea, 1859

Ptychobranchus greenii (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio brumleyanus Lea, 1841
+ Unio brumbyanus Lea, 1841

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)
+ Anodonta dolearis Lea, 1863
+ Anodonta doliaris Lea, 1863

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta linnaeana Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta linnaena Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta linneana Conrad, 1853
+ Margaron (Anodonta) marryatana Lea, 1870
+ Anodonta maryattana Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta maryattiana Lea, 1840

Rhipidodonta charruana (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus
+ Unio lepidus Lea, 1860
+ Margaron (Unio) lepidior Lea, 1870

Rhipidodonta funebralis (I. Lea, 1860) = Diplodon funebralis
+ Unio nocturnis Lea, 1860
+ Unio nocturnus Lea, 1860

Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831)
+ Unio nashvilleensis Lea, 1874
+ Lampsilis nashvillensis Agassiz, 1852
+ Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)
+ Anodonta shaefferiana Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta shafferiana Lea, 1870

Toxolasma lividum (Rafinesque, 1831)
+ Unio moestus Lea, 1841
+ Unio maestus Lea, 1842

Toxolasma paulum (I. Lea, 1840)
+ Unio granulatus Lea, 1861
+ Unio granulatis Lea, 1861

Toxolasma texasiensis Lea, 1857 = Toxolasma texasiense
+ Unio texasensis Lea, 1860

Unio caffer F. Krauss, 1848
+ Unio diminutus Lea, 1859
+ Unio diminutis Lea, 1859
+ Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856
+ Unio verreauxianus Lea, 1867

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta henryana Lea, 1857
+ Anodonta henryiana Lea, 1857

Utterbackiana couperiana (I. Lea, 1840)
+ Anodonta cowperiana Lea, 1840

Venustaconcha troostensis (I. Lea, 1834)
+ Unio troostii Lea, 1870

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio gracilior Lea, 1857
+ Unio gracillior Lea, 1858