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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix in Wagner, 1827): synonymy
     223 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Anodon longinus Wagner, 1827
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 29, pl. 22, fig. 1.

Glabaris (s.s.) longinusSimpson (1900)
Mycetopus siliquosusCorsi (1900)
Mycetopoda longinaIhering (1910), Frierson (1922), Morretes (1949)
Anodontites (s.s.) longinusSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosaFigueiras (1965), Simone (2006)
Haas (1969)

Anodon siliquosus Wagner, 1827
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 30, pl. 23, fig. 2.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0317, Province de Corrientes, Argentina and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), ... Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024), Cummings et al. (2025)
Mycetopus siliquosusCorsi (1900)

Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Wagner, 1827
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 30, pl. 23, figs. 3-4.

Mycetopoda pygmaeaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosaIhering (1910), Haas (1931), Bonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopoda siliquosus d’Orbigny, 1835
‘Spix’ d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 42.
‘Spix’ d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 601, pl. 67.

Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1900)
Mycetopoda orbignyiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914)

Mycetopus ventricosus d’Orbigny, 1846
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 602, pl. 72, figs. 1-3.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MP_0319, Chiquitos, Bolivia.

Mycetopoda ventricosaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopus weddellii Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 93, pl. 20, fig. 2.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0414, Santa Anna de Chiquitos, Bresil.

Mycetopoda pygmaeaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopus weddelliMartens (1900)
Mycetopoda weddelliIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda weddelliiFrierson (1927)
Haas (1969)
Mycetopoda siliquosaJohnson (1981), Simone (2006), Cummings et al. (2025)

Mycetopus hupeanus Clessin, 1876
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 93, pl. 19, fig. 2 [as ‘Mycetopus pygmaeus’].
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 206, pl. 66, fig. 5.

Mycetopoda hupeanaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopus occidentalis Miller, 1879
Clessin in Miller, 1879. Malak. Blatt. 1: 174, pl. 11, figs. 2-3.

Mycetopoda occidentalisSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Simone (2006), Breure et al. (2022)

Mycetopus staudingeri Ihering, 1890
Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 131, text figs. A-B.
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 121.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3802, Huagabamba, O. Peru.

Mycetopoda staudingeriSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda siliquosa var. staudingeriSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopus clessini Ihering, 1893
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 57.
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 120.

Mycetopoda clessiniIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), Bonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopoda bahia Ihering, 1910
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 122, pl. 12, figs. 3a-b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3799, Rio Sao Francisco, b. Villa Nova, Staat Bahia, Brasilien.

Mycetopoda bahiaIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda siliquosaOrtmann (1921), Bonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopoda krausei Ihering, 1910
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 121, pl. 12, figs. 2a-b.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3798, Rio Araguaya, Ilha do Bananal, Staat Goyaz, Brasilien.

Mycetopoda krauseiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopoda orbignyi Ihering, 1910
‘Spix’ d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 601, pl. 67 [as ‘M. siliquosus’].
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 121.

Mycetopoda orbignyiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Quintana (1982), Ramírez et al. (2003), Simone (2006)

Mycetopoda staudingeri var. aequatorialis Ihering, 1910
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 121.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3804, Ecuador.

Mycetopoda staudingeri var. aequatorialisIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda siliquosa var. staudingeriSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda staudingeriOrtmann (1921), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda siliquosaBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Johnson (1981), Simone (2006)

Mycetopus pygmaeus Hupé, 1857
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 93, pl. 19, fig. 2 [as ‘pygmæus’].

Mycetopoda hupeanaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)

Mycetopus maranhonensis Ihering, 1890
‘Mouss. (in lit.?)’ Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 133.

Mycetopoda siliquosaSimone (2006)

Mycetopus weddelii Ihering, 1890
‘Hupé’ Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 128.

Mycetopoda siliquosa var. studingeri Ramírez et al., 2003
‘Simpson’ Ramírez et al., 2003. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51: 273.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (s.s.) longinusSimpson (1900)
Mycetopus siliquosusCorsi (1900)
Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931), ... Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Breure et al. (2022), Torres et al. (2024), Cummings et al. (2025)
Mycetopoda pygmaeaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda ventricosaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda hupeanaSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopus weddelliMartens (1900)
Mycetopoda occidentalisSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Mycetopoda staudingeriSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Ortmann (1921), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda longinaIhering (1910), Frierson (1922), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda orbignyiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931)
Mycetopoda weddelliIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda clessiniIhering (1910)
Mycetopoda bahiaIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda krauseiIhering (1910), Simpson (1914), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949)
Mycetopoda staudingeri var. aequatorialisIhering (1910)
Anodontites (s.s.) longinusSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda siliquosa var. staudingeriSimpson (1914)
Mycetopoda weddelliiFrierson (1927)
Haas (1969)

 
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