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Publication Figueiras (1965): summary
Full Citation
Figueiras, A. 1965. La malacofauna dulceacuícola del Uruguay (Parte II). Communicaciones de la Sociedad Malacológica del Uruguay 1(8): 223-270. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Unio acutirrostris Figueiras, 1965 = Diplodon parallelopipedon
‘Lea’ Figueiras, 1965. Comm. Soc. Malac. Uruguay 1(8): 235.
(error for Unio acutirostris Lea, 1866)
Diplodon beskeanus ‘Dunker’ of Authors = Diplodon ellipticus
‘Dunker’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39, Corrigenda et Addenda.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 61.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 875.
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 139.
Figueiras, 1965. Comm. Soc. Malac. Uruguay 1(8): 238.
Parodiz, 1968. Sterkiana 30: 3.
(error for Unio besckeanus Dunker, 1849)
Columba blainvilleana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Leila blainvilliana
‘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 1: 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)
Unio paraeformis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Diplodon peraeformis
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Figueiras, 1965. Comm. Soc. Malac. Uruguay 1(8): 239.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 267.
(error for Unio peraeformis Lea, 1860)
Taxonomic Opinions
Anodontites (s.s.) felix (Pilsbry, 1896) = Anodontites ferrarisii
Anodontites (s.s.) lucidus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites lucida
Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus (Lamarck, 1919) [sic] = Anodontites patagonica + Anodontites ferrarisii + Anodontites trapezea + Anodontites iheringi
+ Anodon crassus Swainson, 1823
+ Anodonta latomarginata Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta mortoniana Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta membranacea d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Unio (Anodontes) sirionos d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio (Anodontes) ferrarisii d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Anodon porcifer Gray, 1834
+ Anodonta solida Küster, 1853
+ Anodonta rubicunda Lea, 1860
+ Anodonta uruguayensis Lea, 1860
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Anodontites (s.s.) spixii (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodonta cailliaudii Lea, 1860
+ Anodonta pazii Lea, 1866
Anodontites (s.s.) tenebricosus (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites tenebricosa
There are 140 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis forbesianus (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites trapesialis + Anodontites moricandii
+ Anodon rioplatensis Sowerby, 1870
+ Anodonta hertwigii Ihering, 1890
+ Anodonta riograndensis Ihering, 1890
+ Glabaris trapesialis var. cygneiformis Pilsbry, 1896
Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819
Anodontites (s.s.) trapezeus (Spix) = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodon rotundus Spix in Wagner, 1827
Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 = Castalia inflata + Castalia ambigua
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819
Castalina martensi von Ihering, 1893 = Castalia martensi
Castalina psammoica (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Castalia psammoica
Diplodon berthae Ortmann
Diplodon beskeanus [sic] (Dunker) = Diplodon ellipticus + Diplodon garbei
+ Diplodon garbei Ihering, 1910
Diplodon iheringi Simpson = Diplodon iheringi + Diplodon hildae
+ Diplodon hildae Ortmann, 1921
Diplodon suavidicus (Lea)
Diplodon suppositus Simpson = Diplodon martensi
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus + Diplodon peraeformis + Diplodon uruguayensis + Diplodon gratus
+ Unio faba d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio prunoides Lea, 1868
+ Unio piger Lea, 1860
+ Unio gratus Lea, 1860
+ Unio lepidus Lea, 1860
+ Margaron (Unio) lepidior Lea, 1870
+ Diplodon (s.s.) perplexus Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon hidalgoi Haas, 1916
+ Diplodon fortis Marshall, 1917
+ Diplodon trivialoides Marshall, 1922
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Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) funebralis (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon funebralis + Diplodon peraeformis + Diplodon gratus
+ Unio nocturnus Lea, 1860
+ Unio peraeformis Lea, 1860
+ Unio disculus Lea, 1860
+ Diplodon (Cyclomya s.s.) fontainianus var. deceptus Simpson, 1914
+ Diplodon arcuatus Marshall, 1922
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1834) = Diplodon hylaeus + Diplodon guaranianus
+ Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Diplodon asuncionis Marshall, 1926
+ Schleschiella iheringi schadei Modell, 1950
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon paranensis
+ Unio paraguayanus Martens, 1895
Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1809) = Diplodon variabilis + Diplodon burroughianus + Diplodon solisianus
+ Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834
+ Unio matoniana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio solisiana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Unio membranacea Hanley, 1843
+ Unio bulloides Lea, 1859
+ Unio locellus Lea, 1866
+ Diplodon subquadratus Marshall, 1922
+ Diplodon (Bulloideus ?) perfragilis Marshall, 1923
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus delodontus (Lamarck, 1919) [sic] = Diplodon delodontus
+ Unio lacteolus Lea, 1834
+ Unio divaricatus Lea, 1834
+ Unio fokkesi Dunker, 1852
+ Unio rudus Lea, 1859
+ Unio brownii Lea, 1856
+ Unio paraguayensis Lea, 1866
+ Diplodon (Cyclomya) smithi Marshall, 1926
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryi Marshall, 1930 = Diplodon delodontus + Diplodon imitator + Diplodon rhuacoicus
+ Diplodon (s.s.) imitator Ortmann, 1921
+ Diplodon yaguaronis Marshall, 1930
Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wymanii (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon wymanii + Diplodon uruguayensis
+ Unio uruguayensis Lea, 1860
+ Unio apprimus Lea, 1866
+ Unio peculiaris Lea, 1866
+ Diplodon felipponei Marshall, 1917
Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon parallelopipedon
+ Unio parallepipedon d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Diplodon parallelipipedon ‘Lea’ of Authors
+ Unio acutirostris Lea, 1866
Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon rhuacoicus + Diplodon ellipticus + Diplodon piceus + Diplodon aethiops + Diplodon delodontus + Diplodon charruanus + Diplodon martensi
+ Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856
+ Unio piceus Lea, 1860
+ Unio aethiops Lea, 1860
+ Unio firmus Lea, 1866
+ Unio parcus Lea, 1866
+ Unio rhyacoicus Martens, 1868
+ Unio martensi Ihering, 1893
+ Diplodon ellipticus santanus Ihering, 1910
+ Diplodon subcylindricus Marshall, 1922
Fossula fossiculifera (d’Orbigny, 1835-1843)
+ Fossula brasiliensis Ihering, 1910
Leila blainvilleana [sic] (Lea, 1834) = Leila blainvilliana
+ Anodon parishii Gray, 1834
+ Columba blainvilleana var. riograndensis Ihering, 1890
Monocondylaea lentiformis Lea, 1866 = Monocondylaea corrientesensis
+ Monocondylaea felipponei Marshall, 1922
Monocondylaea minuana d’Orbigny, 1835
Monocondylaea paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea paraguayana + Monocondylaea corrientesensis + Monocondylaea minuana
+ Unio (Monocondylaea) corrientesensis d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Monocondyloea pazii Lea, 1866
+ Monocondylaea orbignyana Doello-Jurado, 1917
Mycetopoda legumen (Martens, 1888)
+ Mycetopoda felipponei Marshall, 1928
Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827) = Mycetopoda siliquosa + Mycetopoda subsinuata
+ Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon longinus Spix in Wagner, 1827
+ Mycetopus ventricosus d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Mycetopus staudingeri Ihering, 1890
+ Mycetopus clessini Ihering, 1893
+ Mycetopoda krausei Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda bahia Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda orbignyi Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda staudingeri var. aequatorialis Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868
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