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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Leilinae | Leila esula

nominal species Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857

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Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857 = Leila esula

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

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Leila blainvilleana [sic] (Lea, 1835) — Simone, 2006

+ Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Ramírez et al., 2003

+ Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1846) Hupé — Quintana, 1982

+ Leila esula (Orbigny, 1846) — Veitenheimer, 1973

+ Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Haas, 1969

= Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857 — Morretes, 1949

+ Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Haas, 1931

+ Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Simpson, 1914

= Leila pulvinata Hupé — Ihering, 1910

+ Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Simpson, 1900

= Columba pulvinata (Húpe, 1857) — Ihering, 1890

+ Margaron (Columba) esula (Jan.) — Lea, 1870

= Anodon pulvinatus (Hupé, 1857) — Sowerby, 1867

= Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857 — Hupé, 1857

 
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