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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Leilinae | Leila

species Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835): nominal species
     56 specimens available.

Iridina esula d’Orbigny, 1835
‘Jan.’ d’Orbigny, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
d’Orbigny, 1846, Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 597.
Type(s): TYPE LOST BMNH_UNKNOWN, “tous les lacs du centre de la Bolivia; pays des Guarayos, province de Chiquitos, et dans toute la province de Moxos”.

Iridina esulad’Orbigny (1835), d’Orbigny (1846)
Margarita (Anodonta) esulaLea (1838)
Anodonta esulaHanley (1843)
Margaron (Anodonta) esulaLea (1852)
Leila esulaHupé (1857), Adams & Adams (1857), Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), ..., Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Margaron (Columba) esulaLea (1870)
Columba esulaIhering (1890)
Leila blainvilleanaSimone (2006)

Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827
Spix in Wagner, 1827, Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 27, pl. 19, fig. 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827)

Anodon giganteusWagner (1827)
Anodonta trapezialisLea (1834), Hupé (1857)
Margarita (Anodonta) trapezialisLea (1838)
Anodonta exoticad’Orbigny (1846)
Columba spixiiIhering (1890)
Leila spixiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialisHaas (1931), Haas (1969)

Iridina blainvilliana d’Orbigny, 1835
‘Lea’ of Authors.
d’Orbigny, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Hupé, 1857, [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 91.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834)

Iridina blainvillianad’Orbigny (1835)
Columba blainvillianaMiller (1879)
Columba esulaIhering (1890)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Mansur & Pereira (2006)

Anodonta gigantea Küster, 1839
‘Spix’ Küster, 1839, Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827)

Anodonta giganteaKüster (1839)
Columba pulvinataIhering (1890)
Leila esulaSimpson (1914)

Anodonta gigantea Küster, 1839
‘Spix’ Küster, 1839, Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 2. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827)

Anodonta giganteaKüster (1839)

Anodonta arcuata Hanley, 1843
‘Ferussac’ Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 223.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta arcuata Férussac, 1822)

Anodonta arcuataHanley (1843)
Leila esulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931)
Leila blainvilleanaSimone (2006)

Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857
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 pulvinataHupé (1857), Ihering (1910), Morretes (1949)
Anodon pulvinatusSowerby (1867)
Margaron (Columba) esulaLea (1870)
Columba pulvinataIhering (1890)
Leila esulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Leila blainvilleanaSimone (2006)

Columba spixii Ihering, 1890
Spix in Wagner, 1827, Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 27, pl. 19, fig. 1 [as ‘Anodon giganteus’]. [in part]
‘Spix’ Küster, 1839, Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 2 [as ‘Anodonta gigantea’].
Ihering, 1890, Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 135, 142, pl. 9, fig. 4.

Columba spixiiIhering (1890)
Leila spixiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leila esulaHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Leila spixiMorretes (1949)
Leila blainvilleanaSimone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Leila spixiiSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leila esulaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Thiele (1934), ..., Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Leila pulvinataIhering (1910), Morretes (1949)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialisHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Leila spixiMorretes (1949)
Leila blainvillianaVeitenheimer (1973), Mansur & Pereira (2006)
Leila blainvilleanaSimone (2006)

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