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Publication Quintana (1982): taxonomic opinions

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Quintana, M.G. 1982. Catologo preliminar de la malacofauna del Paraguay. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Ciencias Zoológicas 11: 61-158.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites (Lamproscapha) ensiformis (Spix, 1827) Ortmann = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus lato-marginatus (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites patagonica
+ Anodonta mortoniana Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta membranacea d’Orbigny, 1846

Anodontites (s.s.) soleniformis (d’Orbigny, 1835) Simpson = Anodontites tenebricosa
+ Anodon solenidea Sowerby, 1867
+ Glabaris soleniformis var. apae Ihering, 1893
+ Glabaris nehringi Ihering, 1893

Anodontites (s.s.) soleniformis (d’Orbigny, 1835) Simpson = Anodontites solenidea

Anodontites (s.s.) tenebricosus (Lea, 1834) Simpson = Anodontites tenebricosa

Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis forbesianus (Lea, 1860) Haas = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon rioplatensis Sowerby, 1870
+ Glabaris trapesialis var. cygneiformis Pilsbry, 1896

Anodontites (s.s.) trapezeus spixii (d’Orbigny, 1835) Bonetto = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodonta rubicunda Lea, 1860
+ Anodonta cailliaudii Lea, 1860
+ Anodonta pazii Lea, 1866
+ Glabaris trapezea var. caipira Ihering, 1893
+ Glabaris trapezea var. sowerbyana Ihering, 1893

Anodontites (s.s.) trigonus georginae (Gray in Griffith, 1834) Haas = Anodontites trigona
+ Unio (Anodontes) limnoica d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Anodonta lingulata Hupé, 1857

Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856) Adams

Castalia ambigua inflata (d’Orbigny, 1835) Bonetto = Castalia inflata

Castalia psammoica (d’Orbigny, 1835) Bonetto

Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835 = Castalia ambigua
+ Castalia acuticosta Hupé, 1857
+ Castalia lateriquadrata Sowerby, 1869

Castalia sulcata nehringi (Ihering, 1891) Bonetto = Castalia nehringi
+ Castalia sulcata nerhingi Bonetto, 1965

Diplodon delodontus delodontus (Lamarck, 1819) Simpson = Diplodon delodontus
+ Unio lacteolus Lea, 1834
+ Unio divaricatus Lea, 1834
+ Unio rudus Lea, 1859
+ Unio firmus Lea, 1866
+ Unio paraguayensis Lea, 1866
+ Unio delodon Martens, 1868
+ Unio delodontes Doering, 1875
+ Unio paraguayanus Martens, 1895

Diplodon delodontus delodontus (Lamarck, 1819) Simpson = Diplodon paranensis

Diplodon delodontus wymanii (Lea) = Diplodon wymanii
+ Diplodon wimani Bertoni, 1925

Diplodon expansus (Küster, 1856) Simpson = Diplodon multistriatus
+ Unio eurhynchus Küster, 1861
+ Unio aethiops var. piracicabana Ihering, 1893
+ Diplodon (s.s.) mimus Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon (s.s.) mogymirim Ortmann, 1921

Diplodon expansus (Küster, 1856) Simpson = Diplodon aethiops

Diplodon guaranianus (d’Orbigny, 1835) Ortmann
+ Unio hylaeus Martens, 1894
+ Diplodon asuncionis Marshall, 1926
+ Schleschiella iheringi schadei Modell, 1950

Diplodon martensi (Ihering, 1893) Simpson
+ Unio firmus var. boettgeri Ihering, 1893
+ Diplodon (s.s.) suppositus Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon (s.s.) santamariae Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon (s.s.) imitator Ortmann, 1921
+ Diplodon simillimus Ortmann, 1921
+ Diplodon vicarius Ortmann, 1921
+ Diplodon decipiens Ortmann, 1921

Diplodon martensi (Ihering, 1893) Simpson = Diplodon imitator

Diplodon martensi (Ihering, 1893) Simpson = Diplodon vicarius

Diplodon parallelipipedon parallelipipedon [sic] (Lea, 1834) Simpson = Diplodon parallelopipedon
+ Unio paralelepipedus Martens, 1894

Diplodon paranensis (Lea, 1834) Simpson = Diplodon rhombeus
+ Unio patelloides Lea, 1860

Diplodon paranensis (Lea, 1834) Simpson

Diplodon parodizi Bonetto, 1961
+ Unio burroughianus d’Orbigny, 1835

Fossula fossiculifera balzani (von Ihering, 1893) Haas = Fossula fossiculifera
+ Fossula balzani mattogrossensis Ihering, 1915

Fossula fossiculifera fossiculifera (d’Orbigny, 1835) Ihering = Fossula fossiculifera
+ Fossula brasiliensis Ihering, 1910

Haasica balzani (von Ihering, 1893) Strand

Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834) Ihering
+ Anodon parishii Gray, 1834
+ Columba blainvilleana Ihering, 1890
+ Anodon hians Sowerby, 1867

Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1846) Hupé = Leila blainvilliana
+ Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857
+ Leila castelnaudii Hupé, 1857
+ Columba spixii Ihering, 1890

Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1846) Hupé

Monocondylaea guarayana d’Orbigny, 1835

Monocondylaea lentiformis Lea, 1866 = Monocondylaea corrientesensis

Monocondylaea paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio (Monocondylaea) corrientesensis d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Monocondyloea pazii Lea, 1866
+ Monocondylaea orbignyana Doello-Jurado, 1917

Monocondylaea paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea corrientesensis

Monocondylaea paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea minuana

Mycetopoda legumen (Martens, 1888) Ihering
+ Mycetopoda felipponei Marshall, 1928

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827) d’Orbigny
+ Mycetopus ventricosus d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Mycetopus staudingeri Ihering, 1890
+ Mycetopus clessini Ihering, 1893
+ Mycetopoda krausei Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda orbignyi Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda bahia Ihering, 1910

Mycetopoda soleniformis d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Mycetopoda doellojuradoi Ihering, 1921
+ Mycetopoda holmbergi Doello-Jurado, 1923
+ Mycetopoda iheringi Doello-Jurado, 1923