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 esula — d’Orbigny (1835), d’Orbigny (1846)
Margarita (Anodonta) esula — Lea (1838)
Anodonta esula — Hanley (1843)
Margaron (Anodonta) esula — Lea (1852)
Leila esula — Hupé (1857), Adams & Adams (1857), Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), ..., Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Margaron (Columba) esula — Lea (1870)
Columba esula — Ihering (1890)
Leila blainvilleana — Simone (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 giganteus — Wagner (1827)
Anodonta trapezialis — Lea (1834), Hupé (1857)
Margarita (Anodonta) trapezialis — Lea (1838)
Anodonta exotica — d’Orbigny (1846)
Columba spixii — Ihering (1890)
Leila spixii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis — Haas (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 blainvilliana — d’Orbigny (1835)
Columba blainvilliana — Miller (1879)
Columba esula — Ihering (1890)
Leila blainvilliana — Veitenheimer (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 gigantea — Küster (1839)
Columba pulvinata — Ihering (1890)
Leila esula — Simpson (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 gigantea — Küster (1839)

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

Anodonta arcuata — Hanley (1843)
Leila esula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931)
Leila blainvilleana — Simone (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 pulvinata — Hupé (1857), Ihering (1910), Morretes (1949)
Anodon pulvinatus — Sowerby (1867)
Margaron (Columba) esula — Lea (1870)
Columba pulvinata — Ihering (1890)
Leila esula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Leila blainvilleana — Simone (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 spixii — Ihering (1890)
Leila spixii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leila esula — Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Veitenheimer (1973), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003)
Leila spixi — Morretes (1949)
Leila blainvilleana — Simone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Leila spixii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Leila esula — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Thiele (1934), ..., Bogan (2010), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Leila pulvinata — Ihering (1910), Morretes (1949)
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis — Haas (1931), Haas (1969)
Leila spixi — Morretes (1949)
Leila blainvilliana — Veitenheimer (1973), Mansur & Pereira (2006)
Leila blainvilleana — Simone (2006)