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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Gonideini | Leguminaia

species Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862): synonymy
     67 specimens + 10 Genbank vouchers

Monocondyloea wheatleyi Lea, 1862
Lea, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14: 176 [as ‘Monocondylœa wheatleyi’].
Lea, 1863. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5 [O. 10]: 399 [34], pl. 50, fig. 307.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86331, R. Tigris, Syria.

Leguminaia (s.s.) wheatleyiSimpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia wheatleyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Falkner (1994), Graf (2007), ... Jeratthitikul et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Bolotov et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025)
Leguminaia whaetleyi [sic]Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865
Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 252, pl. 30, fig. 67 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86354, near Mardin, R. Tigris, Syria.

Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensisSimpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Leguminaia mardinensisKobelt (1904), Thiele (1934), Pallary (1939)
Leguminaia wheatleyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Leguminaia bourguignati Locard, 1883
Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 252, pl. 19 bis, figs. 11-13.

Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis var. chantreiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia wheatleyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia bourguignatiÇek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Leguminaia chantrei Locard, 1883
Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 252, pl. 19 bis, figs. 8-10.

Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis var. chantreiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia wheatleyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia chantreiÇek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)

Leguminaia wheatleyi var. euphratica Kobelt, 1912
Kobelt, 1912. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 17, pl. 520, fig. 2705.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Monocondyloea wheatleyi Lea, 1862)

Leguminaia (s.s.) wheatleyiSimpson (1914)
Haas (1969)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Leguminaia graeteri Kobelt, 1913
Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 46, pl. 533, figs. 2744-2746.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_4354, A.d. Kara-su, Zufl. des Sees v. Antiochia, Syrien.

Leguminaia wheatleyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia graeteriÇek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Leguminaia nisibina Kobelt, 1913
Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 17, pl. 520, fig. 2706.

Leguminaia nisibana [sic]Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia mardinensisPallary (1939)
Leguminaia wheatleyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Leguminaia (mardinensis var.) naegelei Kobelt, 1913
Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 7, pl. 515, fig. 2693.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_4356, A.d. Tigris b. Mosul.

Leguminaia (mardinensis var.) naegeleiKobelt (1913)
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensisSimpson (1914)
Leguminaia mardinensisPallary (1939)
Leguminaia wheatleyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Microdondylaea haasii Kobelt, 1914
Kobelt, 1914. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 20: 30, pl. 554, figs. 2815-2820.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_4454, Euphrat Zufl. b. Biredschik [Euphrates River, Birecik].

Leguminaia wheatleyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Jihad (2023)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Leguminaia mardinensis var. truncata Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865)

Leguminaia mardinensis var. truncataPallary (1939)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Leguminaia mardiniensis Bourguignat, 1876
Bourguignat, 1876. Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 3: 98.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 3.
(error for Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865)

Leguminaia vheatleyi Locard, 1883
‘Lea’ Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 253.
(error for Monocondyloea wheatleyi Lea, 1862)

Monocondylaea chantreyi Paetel, 1890
‘Brgt.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 174.
(error for Leguminaia chantrei Locard, 1883)

Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis var. chantreiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)

Leguminaia nisibana Simpson, 1914
‘Kobelt’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 452.
(error for Leguminaia nisibina Kobelt, 1913)

Potomida littoralis homsensis Schütt, 1983
‘Lea’ Schütt, 1983. Arch. Moll. 113(1/6): pl. 7 fig. 98. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio homsensis Lea, 1865)

Falkner (1994)

Leguminaia whaetleyi Çek & ŞerefliŞan, 2010
‘Lea’ Çek & ŞerefliŞan, 2010. J. Experimental Zool. 315: 30.
(error for Monocondyloea wheatleyi Lea, 1862)

Gonidea angulata Jawad, 2021
Jawad, 2021. Southern Iraq’s Marshes 36: ??.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta angulata Lea, 1838)

Leguminaia wheatleyiBolotov et al. (2024)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Leguminaia (s.s.) wheatleyiSimpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensisSimpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
Leguminaia (s.s.) mardinensis var. chantreiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia mardinensisKobelt (1904), Thiele (1934), Pallary (1939)
Leguminaia (mardinensis var.) naegeleiKobelt (1913)
Leguminaia nisibana [sic]Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia mardinensis var. truncataPallary (1939)
Leguminaia wheatleyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Falkner (1994), Graf (2007), ... Jeratthitikul et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Bolotov et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025)
Haas (1969), Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia whaetleyi [sic]Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia bourguignatiÇek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia chantreiÇek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia graeteriÇek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

 
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