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!

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Leilinae | Leila esula

nominal species 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)

= Leila esula

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835) — Simpson, 1914
+ Columba pulvinata (Húpe, 1857) — Ihering, 1890

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