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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

genus Leguminaia Conrad, 1865: synonymy
     3 Recent valid species (3 total species)

Leguminaia Conrad, 1865
Conrad, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1: 233.
Type species: Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865 (orig. desig.) = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Legumenaia Tryon, 1884
Tryon, 1884. Struct. Syst. Conch. 3: 132.
(error for Leguminaia Conrad, 1865)

Pseudoleguminaia Germain, 1911
Germain, 1911. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 67.
Type species: Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883 (orig. desig.) = Leguminaia saulcyi

Seguminaia Paetel, 1890
‘Conr.’
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 175.
(error for Leguminaia Conrad, 1865)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Leguminaia (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Germain (1911), Simpson (1914), Haas (1969)
AnodontaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
LeguminaiaKobelt (1904), Kobelt (1913), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), Pallary (1939), ... Jeratthitikul et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Bolotov et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025)
Leguminaia (Pseudoleguminaia)Germain (1911), Haas (1969)
Leguminaia (sec. Pseudoleguminaia)Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934)

 
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