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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Leilinae | Leila species Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835): synonymy 56 specimens Iridina blainvilliana d’Orbigny, 1835 ‘Lea’ of Authors. d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43. Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 91. (misidentified reference to Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834)
Leila blainvilliana — Veitenheimer (1973), Mansur & Pereira (2006) | |
Iridina esula d’Orbigny, 1835 ‘Jan.’ d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43. d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 597. Type(s): TYPE LOST BMNH_UNKNOWN, “tous les lacs du centre de la Bolivia; pays des Guarayos, province de Chiquitos, et dans toute la province de Moxos”.
Leila esula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), ... Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021) Leila blainvilleana [sic] — Simone (2006) | |
Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 90, pl. 20, fig. 1. Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0299, Amérique du Sud.
Leila esula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003) Leila pulvinata — Ihering (1910), Morretes (1949) Leila blainvilleana [sic] — Simone (2006) | |
Columba spixii Ihering, 1890 Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 27, pl. 19, fig. 1 [as ‘Anodon giganteus’]. [in part] ‘Spix’ Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 2 [as ‘Anodonta gigantea’]. Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 135, 142, pl. 9, fig. 4.
Leila spixii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Leila esula — Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003) Leila spixi — Morretes (1949) Leila blainvilleana [sic] — Simone (2006) | |
Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827 Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 27, pl. 19, fig. 1. [in part] (misidentified reference to Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827)
Leila spixii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis — Haas (1931), Haas (1969) | |
Anodonta gigantea Küster, 1839 ‘Spix’ Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 1. [in part] (misidentified reference to Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827)
Leila esula — Simpson (1914) | |
Anodonta gigantea Küster, 1839 ‘Spix’ Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 2. [in part] (misidentified reference to Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827) | |
Anodonta arcuata Hanley, 1843 ‘Ferussac’ Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 223. (misidentified reference to Anodonta arcuata Férussac, 1822)
Leila esula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931) Leila blainvilleana [sic] — Simone (2006) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Leila spixii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Leila esula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), ... Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021) Leila pulvinata — Ihering (1910), Morretes (1949) Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis — Haas (1931), Haas (1969) Leila spixi — Morretes (1949) Leila blainvilliana — Veitenheimer (1973), Mansur & Pereira (2006) Leila blainvilleana [sic] — Simone (2006)
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