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

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species Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834): synonymy
     78 specimens

Anodon parishii Gray, 1834
Gray, 1834. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1834: 57.

Leila blainvilleana [sic]Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970), Simone (2006)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)

Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 77 [189], pl. 12, fig. 35.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_128843 (by Veitenheimer, 1973: 70), So. America.

Leila blainvilleana [sic]Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Bonetto (1963), Parodiz & Bonetto (1963), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Mansur (1970), Bonetto & Mansur (1970), Simone (2006), Rumi et al. (2008)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Mansur et al. (1988), Ramírez et al. (2003), Graf & Cummings (2006), ... Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)

Iridina trapezialis d’Orbigny, 1835
‘Lamarck’ d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819; misidentified reference to Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM MNHN_MP_0320, Guarayos.

Glabaris (s.s.) trapesialisSimpson (1900)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialisSimpson (1914)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Leila blainvilleana [sic]Simone (2006)

Leila castelnaudii Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 91, pl. 19, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0209, Rio Paraguay “Habite Bourbon ou Olympo (Paraguay).” .

Leila esulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Leila castelnaudiOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949)
Leila blainvilleana [sic]Mansur (1970), Simone (2006)
Leila blainvillianaMansur et al. (1988), Ramírez et al. (2003)

Anodon hians Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 4, sp. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965205, Hab._?

Leila blainvilleana [sic]Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970), Simone (2006)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)

Columba blainvilleana Ihering, 1890
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 142.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 915.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1400.
Haas, 1931. Senckenbergiana 13: 102.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 28.
Bonetto, 1963. Physis 24: 11.
Parodiz & Bonetto, 1963. Malacologia 1(2): 206.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 81.
Figueiras, 1965. Comm. Soc. Malac. Uruguay 1(8): 252.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 577.
Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N465.
Mansur, 1970. Iheringia 39: 55.
Bonetto & Mansur, 1970. Acta Zool. Lilloana 27: 256.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1074.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 289.
(error for Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834)

Leila blainvilleana [sic]Mansur (1970)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982)

Leila georgina Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 91.
(misidentified reference to Anodon georginae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Leila blainvilleana [sic]Simone (2006)

Anodon georginae Ihering, 1890
Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 142.
(misidentified reference to Anodon georginae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Leila blainvilleana [sic]Simone (2006)

Columba blainvilleana var. riograndensis Ihering, 1890
Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 142. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834)

Leila blainvilliana riograndensisMorretes (1949)
Leila blainvilleana [sic]Figueiras (1965), Mansur (1970), Simone (2006)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Ramírez et al. (2003)

Leila castelnandii Quintana, 1982
‘Hupé’ Quintana, 1982. Rev. Mus. Argentino Zoológicas 11: 140.
(error for Leila castelnaudii Hupé, 1857)

Leila castelnauldi Ramírez et al., 2003
‘Hupe’ Ramírez et al., 2003. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 273.
(error for Leila castelnaudii Hupé, 1857)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Leila blainvilleana [sic]Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Bonetto (1963), Parodiz & Bonetto (1963), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Bonetto & Mansur (1970), Mansur (1970), Simone (2006), Rumi et al. (2008)
Glabaris (s.s.) trapesialisSimpson (1900)
Leila esulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialisSimpson (1914)
Leila castelnaudiOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949)
Leila blainvilliana riograndensisMorretes (1949)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Mansur et al. (1988), Ramírez et al. (2003), Graf & Cummings (2006), ... Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)

 
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