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Publication Simone (2006): summary

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Full Citation

Simone, L.R.L. 2006. Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil: An Illustrated Inventory of the Brazilian Malacofauna, Including Neighboring Regions of South America, Respect to the Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems. 390 pp.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Spixioconcha Simone, 2006

‘Pilsbry’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 290.
(error for Spixoconcha Pilsbry, 1893)
Type species: Aplodon inerme Wagner, 1827 = Monocondylaea minuana

Attributed Nominal Species

Prisodon amazonica Simone, 2006 = Triplodon corrugatus

‘Frierson’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 249.
(error for Hyria amazonia Frierson, 1914)

Anodon amazoniensis Sowerby, 1870 = Anodontites trigona

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 30, sp. 120.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 284.
(error for Anodonta amazonensis Lea, 1860)

Prisodon audatus Simone, 2006 = Prisodon obliquus

‘Wagner’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 251.
(error for Unio caudatus Wagner, 1827)

Columba blainvilleana Ihering, 1890 = 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: 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)

Diplodon bromnii Simone, 2006 = Diplodon delodontus

‘auctt.’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 255.
(error for Unio brownii Lea, 1856)

There are 31 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).

Corbicula capivaris Simone, 2006 = Cyanocyclas species

‘Ihering’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 297, fig. 1037. [nomen nudum]

Rhipidodonta demarcaraensis Simone, 2006 = Diplodon suavidicus

‘Lea’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 271.
(error for Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859)

Monocondylaea fransiscana Simone, 2006 = Monocondylaea franciscana

‘Moricand’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 291.
(error for Unio (Monocondylea) franciscana Moricand, 1837)

Anodonta heringi Simone, 2006 = Anodontites iheringi

‘Clessin’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 278.
(error for Anodonta iheringi Clessin, 1882)

Anodontites icarum Simone, 2006 = Anodontites trigona

‘Philippi’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 284.
(error for Anodonta incarum Philippi, 1869)

Diplodon jickelii Simone, 2006 = Diplodon parallelopipedon

‘Simpson, 1911’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 260.
(misidentified reference to Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) jickeli Simpson, 1900; error for Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) jickeli Simpson, 1900)

Anodontites latemarginata Simone, 2006 = Anodontites patagonica

‘Corsi’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 276.
(error for Anodonta latomarginata Lea, 1834)

Castalia lateriquacrata Simone, 2006 = Castalia ambigua

‘auctt.’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 252.
(error for Castalia lateriquadrata Sowerby, 1869)

Unio lepidioir Bonetto, 1964 = Diplodon charruanus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Bonetto, 1964. Physis 24(68): 327.
Bonetto, 1965. Anais Congr. Lat.-Amer. Zool. 2: 50.
Bonetto & Mansur, 1970. Acta Zool. Lilloana 27: 249.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 267.
(error for Margaron (Unio) lepidior Lea, 1870)

Diplodon magnerianus Simone, 2006 = Diplodon ellipticus

‘Simpson’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 257.
(error for Diplodon (s.s.) wagnerianum Simpson, 1900)

Rhipidodonta martensis Simone, 2006 = Diplodon martensi

‘Ihering’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 267.
(error for Unio martensi Ihering, 1893)

Unio nuloticus Simone, 2006 = Diplodon granosus

‘Sowerby’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 259.
(error for Unio niloticus Sowerby, 1868)

Rhipidodonta pacus Simone, 2006 = Diplodon charruanus

‘Lea’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 267.
(error for Unio parcus Lea, 1866)

Unio paraeformis Figueiras, 1965 = 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)

Diplodon parallelipipedon d’Orbigny, 1846 = Diplodon parallelopipedon

‘Lea’ of Authors.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 609.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 884.
Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 447.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1274-1275.
Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12: 189.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 18.
Parodiz, 1968. Sterkiana 30: 8.
Mansur, 1970. Iheringia 39: 83.
Quintana, 1982. Rev. Mus. Argentino Zoológicas 11: 128.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 260.
(error for Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834)

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranaensis Morretes, 1949 = Diplodon paranensis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 20.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 273.
(error for Unio paranensis Lea, 1834)

Rhipidodonta pruinoides Simone, 2006 = Diplodon peraeformis

‘Lea’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 267.
(error for Unio prunoides Lea, 1868)

Anodontites schomborgianus Simone, 2006 = Anodontites schomburgiana

‘Sowerby’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 274.
(error for Anodon schomburgianus Sowerby, 1870)

Anodontites solidula Simone, 2006 = Anodontites patagonica

‘Küster’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 278.
(error for Anodonta solida Küster, 1853)

Anodontites sowerbiana Simone, 2006 = Anodontites trapezea

‘Ihering’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 283.
(error for Glabaris trapezea var. sowerbyana Ihering, 1893)

Bartlettia stenanii Simone, 2006 = Bartlettia stefanensis

‘1516’ [Modell] Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 285.
(error for Bartlettia stefaninii Modell, 1942)

Bartelettia [sic] stephanensis Sowerby, 1872 = Bartlettia stefanensis

‘Moricand’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1872. Conch. Icon. 18: pl. 1, sp. 1.
Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 285.
(error for Etheria stefanensis Moricand, 1856)

Anodontites subtrapezius Simone, 2006 = Anodontites patagonica

‘Lea, 1860’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 278. [nomen nudum]

Anodontites susanae Simone, 2006 = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Gray’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 282.
(error for Anodon susannae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Paxyodon symatophorus Simone, 2006 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

‘auctt.’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 251.
(error for Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791)

Anodontites triangularis Simone, 2006 = Anodontites patagonica

‘Küster’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 278. [nomen nudum]

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