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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 blainvillianaVeitenheimer (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 esulaSimpson (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 esulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Leila pulvinataIhering (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 spixiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leila esulaHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Leila spixiMorretes (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 spixiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialisHaas (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 esulaSimpson (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 esulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931)
Leila blainvilleana [sic]Simone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Leila spixiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leila esulaSimpson (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 pulvinataIhering (1910), Morretes (1949)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialisHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Leila spixiMorretes (1949)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Mansur & Pereira (2006)
Leila blainvilleana [sic]Simone (2006)

 
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