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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Leilinae | Leila esula

nominal species Anodon giganteus Spix in Wagner, 1827

Anodon giganteus Spix in Wagner, 1827 = Leila esula

Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 27, pl. 19, fig. 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon giganteus Spix in Wagner, 1827)

= Leila esula

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1969

+ Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) — Haas, 1931

+ Leila spixii (von Ihering, 1890) — Simpson, 1914

+ Leila spixii (von Ihering, 1890) — Simpson, 1900

+ Columba spixii von Ihering, 1890 — Ihering, 1890

+ Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck — Hupé, 1857

+ Anodonta exotica Lamk. — d’Orbigny, 1846

+ Margarita (Anodonta) trapezialis [sic] Lam. — Lea, 1838

+ Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck — Lea, 1834

+ Anodon giganteus Spix & Wagner, 1827 — Wagner, 1827

 
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