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Publication Lea (1838): species taxonomic opinions
Full Citation
Lea, I. 1838. A Synopsis of the Family of Naïades (2nd ed.). 44 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11641185.
Taxonomic Opinions
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Margarita (Anodonta) blainvilliana Lea = Leila blainvilliana
+ Iridina trapezialis d’Orbigny, 1835
Margarita (Anodonta) cygneus Drap. Lam. Crouch. Blain. Pfeif. Turt. Des Moul. Flem. Grat. Bouil. = Anodonta cygnea + Anodonta anatina + Atlanticoncha ochracea + Utterbackiana implicata + Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Mytilus cygneus Schröter, 1779
+ Anodonta cygnea Draparnaud, 1806
+ Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807
+ Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
+ Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791
+ Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791
+ Mytilus fucatus Dillwyn, 1817
+ Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791
+ Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803
+ Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774
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Margarita (Anodonta) edentula Lea = Strophitus undulatus
+ Anodon areolatus Swainson, 1829
Margarita (Anodonta) ensiformis Spix. D’Orb. = Lamproscapha ensiformis
Margarita (Anodonta) fluviatilis Lea = Pyganodon cataracta + Pyganodon fragilis + Utterbackiana implicata
+ Mytilus illitus Lightfoot, 1786
+ Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817
+ Anodonta marginata Say, 1817
+ Anodonta implicata Say, 1829
+ Anodonta teres Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Anodonta) gibbosa Say = Pyganodon gibbosa + Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta inflata Lea, 1836
Margarita (Anodonta) grandis Say. Lesueur = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta corpulenta Cooper, 1834
Margarita (Anodonta) incerta Lea = Utterbackia imbecillis
+ Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829
Margarita (Anodonta) lato-marginata Lea. D’Orb. = Anodontites patagonica + Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodon trapezeus Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon rotundus Spix in Wagner, 1827
Margarita (Anodonta) mortoniana Lea = Anodontites patagonica + Anodontites trigona
+ Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orbigny, 1835
Margarita (Anodonta) obtusa Spix = Anodontites obtusa
+ Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Spix in Wagner, 1827
Margarita (Anodonta) plana Lea = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta declivis Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Anodonta) tenebricosa Lea. D’Orb. = Anodontites tenebricosa
Margarita (Anodonta) trapezialis [sic] Lam. = Anodontites trapesialis + Leila esula
+ Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819
+ Anodon giganteus Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon penicillatus Gray, 1834
+ Anodon susannae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
+ Anodon radiatus Spix in Wagner, 1827
Margarita (Anodonta) undulata Say = Strophitus undulatus
+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822
+ Anodonta pensylvanica Lamarck, 1819
Margarita (Anodonta) wardiana Lea = Strophitus undulatus
+ Anodonta virgata Conrad, 1836
Margarita (Dipsas) discoideus Lea = Pletholophus tenuis
+ Unio tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
Margarita (Dipsas) plicatus Leach = Cristaria plicata + Mutela dubia
+ Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791
+ Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817
+ Anodonta dipsas Blainville, 1825
+ Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829
Margarita (Margaritana) bonellii Lea = Microcondylaea bonellii
+ Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830
Margarita (Margaritana) calceola Lea = Sulcularia viridis
+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Margaritana) margaritifera Lea = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio sinuata C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
+ Unio rivalis Lea, 1836
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823
Margarita (Margaritana) marginata Lea = Alasmidonta marginata + Alasmidonta varicosa
+ Alasmodonta truncata ‘Say, in lit.’ of Authors
+ Unio cariosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828
Margarita (Margaritana) undulata Say = Alasmidonta undulata
+ Alasmodonta sculptilis Say, 1829
+ Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio glabratus G.B. Sowerby, 1821
Margarita (Unio) aesopus Green = Plethobasus cyphyus
+ Unio cicatricosus Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Unio) ambiguus Lea = Castalia ambigua + Castalia multisulcata + Castalia inflata
+ Unio ambiguus G.B. Sowerby, 1821
+ Unio ambigua Blainville, 1825
+ Castalia ambigua Wood, 1828
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835
Margarita (Unio) angulatus Lea = Triplodon corrugatus + Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Hyria corrugata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio corrugata Blainville, 1825
+ Triplodon rugosus Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817
Margarita (Unio) anodontoides Lea = Lampsilis teres
+ Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio teres ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
Margarita (Unio) arcæformis Lea = Epioblasma arcaeformis
+ Unio nexus Say, 1831
Margarita (Unio) asperrimus Lea = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio quadrulus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
Margarita (Unio) atratus Lea = Potamilus fragilis + Diplodon chilensis
+ Unio fragilis Reeve, 1865
Margarita (Unio) auratus Lea = Diplodon chilensis + Hyridella australis
+ Unio obtusa d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio depressa Lesson, 1830
Margarita (Unio) batava Lam. Pfeif. Flem. = Unio crassus + Unio nanus
+ Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791
+ Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786
+ 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
+ Unio consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836
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Margarita (Unio) bilineatus Lea. Ben. = Lamellidens marginalis
Margarita (Unio) burroughianus Lea. D’Orb. = Diplodon burroughianus
Margarita (Unio) camptodon Say = Uniomerus tetralasmus
+ Unio declivis Conrad, 1836
Margarita (Unio) cariosus Say. Bar. = Lampsilis cariosa
Margarita (Unio) circulus Lea. Eat. = Obovaria subrotunda
+ Unio rotundus Wood, 1828
Margarita (Unio) clavus Lam. Con. = Pleurobema clava
+ Unio clavus Conrad, 1835
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio modioliformis ‘Say’ of Authors
Margarita (Unio) coccineus Lea = Pleurobema sintoxia
+ Unio coccineus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio catillus Conrad, 1836
Margarita (Unio) cœruleus [sic] Lea. Ben. = Indonaia caerulea
Margarita (Unio) complanatus Lea = Elliptio complanata
+ Unio violaceus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817
+ Unio rarisulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio coarctata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rhombula Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio carinifera Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glabrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio sulcidens Lamarck, 1819
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Margarita (Unio) cornutus Bar. = Obliquaria reflexa
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
Margarita (Unio) corrugata Lam. = Parreysia corrugata + Indonaia rugosa + Unio pictorum
+ Unio corrugata Bruguière, 1797
+ Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791
+ Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791
+ Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791
+ Unio spuria Lamarck, 1819
+ Mya spuria Wood, 1825
+ Unio triradiata Lea, 1836
Margarita (Unio) crassidens Lam. = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio niger Conrad, 1836
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820
Margarita (Unio) crassissimus Fer. Des Moul. Grat. = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rugosa Poiret, 1801
Margarita (Unio) crassus Say. Bar. = Ortmanniana ligamentina + Amblema plicata
+ Unio crassus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819
+ Mya gravis Wood, 1828
+ Unio fasciatus Conrad, 1835
Margarita (Unio) cuprinus Lea = Popenaias metallica
+ Unio metallicus Say, 1831
Margarita (Unio) cylindricus Say. Eat. Hild. = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819
Margarita (Unio) decisus Lea. Con. = Pleurobema decisum
Margarita (Unio) declivis Say = Uniomerus declivis
+ Unio geometricus Lea, 1834
Margarita (Unio) dehiscens Say = Hemistena lata
+ Unio oriens Lea, 1831
Margarita (Unio) delodontus Lam. = Diplodon delodontus
+ Unio lacteolus Lea, 1834
Margarita (Unio) depressus Lam. D’Orb. = Hyridella depressa
Margarita (Unio) egyptiacus Caill. Fer. = Coelatura aegyptiaca
Margarita (Unio) ellipsis Lea. Eat. = Obovaria olivaria
+ Unio brevialis G.B. Sowerby, 1821
Margarita (Unio) faba d’Orb. = Diplodon charruanus
Margarita (Unio) fabalis Lea = Paetulunio fabalis
+ Unio capillus Say, 1831
+ Unio lapillus Say, 1831
Margarita (Unio) foliatus Hild. = Epioblasma flexuosa
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) flexuosa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio flexuosus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
Margarita (Unio) fulvus Lea = Elliptio congaraea + Elliptio icterina
+ Unio icterinus Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Unio) gibbosus Bar. Eat. Hild. = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio mucronatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio nasuta Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio dilatatus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
Margarita (Unio) globosus Lea = Potamilus capax
+ Unio capax Green, 1832
Margarita (Unio) gracilis Barnes. Hild. = Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio planus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio fragilis ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
Margarita (Unio) granosus Brug. Lam. = Diplodon granosus
Margarita (Unio) hildrethianus Lea = Simpsonaias ambigua
+ Alasmodonta ambigua Say, 1825
Margarita (Unio) iris Lea = Cambarunio iris + Cambarunio nebulosus
+ Unio nebulosus Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Unio) irroratus Lea. Eaton = Cyprogenia stegaria
+ Unio verrucosus albus Hildreth, 1828
Margarita (Unio) litoralis [sic] Lam. Pfeif. Des Moul. Grat. = Potomida littoralis + Unio crassus + Potomida semirugata + Unio nanus + Unio tumidus
+ Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Unio crassus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788
+ Unio crassus Nilsson, 1822
+ Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
+ Unio brevialis Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio semirugata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio nana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio subtetragonus Michaud, 1831
+ Unio incurvus Lea, 1831
+ Unio pianensis Farines in Boubée, 1833
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Margarita (Unio) luteolus Lam. = Lampsilis radiata + Lampsilis siliquoidea
+ Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823
Margarita (Unio) marginalis Lam. = Lamellidens marginalis
+ Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819
Margarita (Unio) membranacea Lea = Diplodon variabilis
+ Unio matoniana d’Orbigny, 1835
Margarita (Unio) metanever Lea = Theliderma metanevra + Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio nodosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio rugosus Barnes, 1823
Margarita (Unio) modioliformis Lea = Villosa vibex + Villosa delumbis
+ Unio delumbis Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Unio) monodontus Say. Eat. = Cumberlandia monodonta
+ Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831
Margarita (Unio) multiplicatus Lea = Megalonaias nervosa
+ Unio heros Say, 1829
+ Unio undulatus Say, 1831
Margarita (Unio) multiradiatus Lea = Lampsilis fasciola + Hamiota subangulata
+ Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio fasciolus Conrad, 1853
+ Unio ligamentinus Deshayes, 1835
Margarita (Unio) multistriatus Lea. D’Orb. = Diplodon multistriatus + Diplodon ellipticus
+ Diplodon ellipticum Spix in Wagner, 1827
Margarita (Unio) murchisonianus Lea = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
Margarita (Unio) mytiloides Raf. = Pleurobema clava + Pleurobema sintoxia
+ Unio obliquus Wood, 1828
Margarita (Unio) nasutus Say. Barn. Swain. = Sagittunio nasutus + Sagittunio subrostratus
+ Unio rostrata Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio subrostratus Say, 1831
Margarita (Unio) niloticus Fer. Caill. = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Mya pictorum ‘Forkaël’ of Authors
Margarita (Unio) obliquus Lam. = Pleurobema cordatum + Fusconaia flava
+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio trigonus Say. Con. non Lea of Authors
+ Unio mytiloides Short & Eaton, 1831
+ Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cordatus Conrad, 1836
Margarita (Unio) occidens Lea = Lampsilis cardium
+ Unio ventricosus Say, 1832
Margarita (Unio) ochraceus Say. Con. = Atlanticoncha ochracea
Margarita (Unio) olivarius Lea. Ben. = Indonaia olivaria
Margarita (Unio) orbiculatus Hild. = Obovaria subrotunda + Lampsilis abrupta
+ Unio abruptus Say, 1831
+ Unio crassus Conrad, 1836
Margarita (Unio) ovalis Flem. Sow. = Unio tumidus + Unio pictorum
+ Mytilus angustior Lister, 1685
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802
+ Mya depressa Donovan, 1801
+ Mysca solida Turton, 1822
+ Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788
+ Unio michaudiana Des Moulins, 1833
+ Unio limaniae Dupuy, 1852
Margarita (Unio) ovatus Say. Lam. Bar. Valen. Eat. Hild. Con. = Lampsilis ovata + Lampsilis cariosa
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ovata Valenciennes, 1827
+ Mya ventricosus Desh. of Authors
+ Mya subovatus Desh. of Authors
+ Mya occidens Desh. of Authors
Margarita (Unio) paliatus Ravenel’s letter = Elliptio complanata
Margarita (Unio) parallelopipedon Lea. D’Orb. = Diplodon parallelopipedon
Margarita (Unio) paranensis Lea. D’Orb. = Diplodon paranensis + Diplodon solisianus
+ Unio solisiana d’Orbigny, 1835
Margarita (Unio) parvus Bar. Eat. = Toxolasma parvum + Toxolasma texasiense
+ Unio parvus ‘Barnes’ of Authors
Margarita (Unio) perplexus Lea = Epioblasma torulosa
+ Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio gibbosus ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
Margarita (Unio) personatus Say = Epioblasma personata
+ Unio capillaris Lea, 1834
Margarita (Unio) phaseolus Hild. Eat. = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
+ Unio planulatus Lea, 1829
+ Unio cuneatus Hildreth, 1828
Margarita (Unio) pictorum Lam. Pfeif. Drap. Blain. Crouch. Flem. Des Moul. Frat. Bouil. = Unio pictorum + Unio mancus + Unio elongatulus
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio pictorum Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Mya corrugata maroccana Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
+ Mya angustata Schröter, 1779
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio manca Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio elongatulus Rossmässler, 1835
+ Unio turtonii Payraudeau, 1826
+ Unio capigliolo Payraudeau, 1826
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Margarita (Unio) platyrhynchus Rossmaesler [sic] = Unio pictorum
Margarita (Unio) plicatus Lesueur. Say. Bar. Eat. Hild. = Amblema plicata + Plectomerus dombeyanus
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio dombeyana Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio multiplicata Desh. of Authors
Margarita (Unio) ponderosus Lea = Gibbosula crassa
+ Mya crassa Wood, 1815
Margarita (Unio) purpuratus Lam. = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Mya ventricosa Humphrey, 1797
+ Unio ater Lea, 1829
+ Unio lugubris Say, 1832
+ Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Unio) pustulosus Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio verrucosus albus Say of Authors
Margarita (Unio) pyramidatus Lea = Pleurobema sintoxia
+ Obliquaria rubra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio mytiloides Conrad, 1836
Margarita (Unio) radiatus Lam. Bar. Hild. = Lampsilis radiata + Elliptio complanata
+ Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio oblongatus Wood, 1828
+ Mya pictorum tenuis Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
Margarita (Unio) rectus Lam. Eat. = Ligumia recta
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio sageri Conrad, 1836
Margarita (Unio) retusus Lam. Con. = Obovaria retusa
+ Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820
Margarita (Unio) rotundatus Lam. = Glebula rotundata
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glebulus Say, 1831
+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834
Margarita (Unio) schoolcraftensis Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio prasinus Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Unio) securis Lea. Eat. = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) lineolata Rafinesque, 1820
Margarita (Unio) subrotundus Lea = Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio politus Conrad, 1837
+ Unio brevialis Crouch, 1827
Margarita (Unio) subtentus Say. Con. = Ptychobranchus subtentus
Margarita (Unio) sulcatus Lea. Eat. Say. = Epioblasma obliquata
+ Unio ridibundus Say, 1829
Margarita (Unio) syrmatophorus Lea = Prisodon syrmatophorus + Prisodon obliquus + Castalia ambigua
+ Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819
+ Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819
+ Hyria elongata Swainson, 1841
+ Unio caudatus Wagner, 1827
+ Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817
+ Prisodon truncatus Schumacher, 1817
+ Diplodon furcatum Spix in Wagner, 1827
Margarita (Unio) tenerus Rav. = Villosa delumbis + Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio tenebrosus Conrad, 1834
Margarita (Unio) tenuissimus Lea = Potamilus leptodon
+ Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823
+ Unio velum Say, 1829
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