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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Gonideinae | Gonideini | Leguminaia

species Leguminaia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852): synonymy
     20 specimens + 4 Genbank vouchers

Unio michonii Bourguignat, 1852
Bourguignat, 1852. Test. Nov. Saulcy: 27.
Bourguignat, 1853. Catalogue Raissoné des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M.F. Saulcy 1853: 74, pl. 3, figs. 10-12.
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 64.

Leguminaia (s.s.) michoniiSimpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia saulcyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Jihad (2023)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia cf. saulcyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio saulcyi Bourguignat, 1852
Bourguignat, 1852. Test. Nov. Saulcy: 27.
Bourguignat, 1853. Catalogue Raissoné des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M.F. Saulcy 1853: 74, pl. 3, figs. 1-3.
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 64.

Leguminaia (s.s.) saulcyiSimpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia saulcyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Bogan (1993), Falkner (1994), ... IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023), Liu et al. (2024)
Leguminaia cf. saulcyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Unio tripolitanus Bourguignat, 1852
Bourguignat, 1852. Test. Nov. Saulcy: 28.
Bourguignat, 1853. Catalogue Raissoné des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M.F. Saulcy 1853: 75, pl. 4, figs. 10-12.
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 65.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0161, Tripoli.

Leguminaia (s.s.) tripolitanusSimpson (1900)
Leguminaia (s.s.) tripolitanaGermain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia tripolitanaPallary (1939)
Leguminaia saulcyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia cf. saulcyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883
Locard, 1883. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Lyon 3: 254, pl. 19 bis, figs. 4-7.
(homonym of Leguminaia chantrei Locard, 1883; renamed Leguminaia (sec. Leguminaia) locardi Simpson, 1900)

Leguminaia (s.s.) locardiSimpson (1900)
Leguminaia (Pseudoleguminaia) chantreiGermain (1911), Haas (1969)
Leguminaia (sec. Pseudoleguminaia) locardiSimpson (1914), Thiele (1934)
Leguminaia saulcyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Graf (2007), Jihad (2023)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia cf. saulcyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Leguminaia (sec. Leguminaia) locardi Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 653.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 449.
(new name for Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883)

Leguminaia (s.s.) locardiSimpson (1900)
Leguminaia (sec. Pseudoleguminaia) locardiSimpson (1914), Thiele (1934)
Leguminaia saulcyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia cf. saulcyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Leguminaia tripolitana var. kebirensis Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tripolitanus Bourguignat, 1852)

Leguminaia tripolitana var. kebirensisPallary (1939)
Leguminaia cf. saulcyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Pseudodon mitchonii Conrad, 1865
‘Bourguignat’ Conrad, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1: 233.
(error for Unio michonii Bourguignat, 1852)

Unio mechonii Lea, 1870
‘Bourg.’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 72.
(error for Unio michonii Bourguignat, 1852)

Leguminaia (s.s.) sauley Bourguignat, 1876
Bourguignat, 1876. Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 3: 98.
(error for Unio saulcyi Bourguignat, 1852)

Pseudodon chantrei Crosse, 1883
Crosse, 1883. J. de Conch. 31: 187.
(reference to Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883)

Anodonta chantreiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Leguminaia (s.s.) michoniiSimpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia (s.s.) saulcyiSimpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia (s.s.) tripolitanusSimpson (1900)
Leguminaia (s.s.) locardiSimpson (1900)
Anodonta chantreiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia (s.s.) tripolitanaGermain (1911), Simpson (1914)
Leguminaia (Pseudoleguminaia) chantreiGermain (1911), Haas (1969)
Leguminaia (sec. Pseudoleguminaia) locardiSimpson (1914), Thiele (1934)
Leguminaia tripolitanaPallary (1939)
Leguminaia tripolitana var. kebirensisPallary (1939)
Leguminaia saulcyiHaas (1940), Haas (1969), Schütt (1983), Bogan (1993), Falkner (1994), ... IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bogan et al. (2021), Jihad (2023), Liu et al. (2024)
Falkner (1994)
Leguminaia cf. saulcyiLopes-Lima et al. (2021)

 
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