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nominal species Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868

Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868 = Mycetopoda subsinuata

specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 4, sp. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB/MOLL_220179, Bogota, New Granada.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Mycetopoda subsinuata (Sowerby, 1868) — Cummings et al., 2025: 354, pl. 73, Tables 3, 12-14.

+ Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827) — Simone, 2006: 288.

+ Mycetopoda siliquosa Spix, 1827 — Ramírez et al., 2003: 273.

+ Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827) — Johnson, 1981: 283.

+ Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827) — Haas, 1969: 575.

+ Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827) — Figueiras, 1965: 243.

+ Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827) — Bonetto, 1962: 174.

= Mycetopoda subsinuata (Sowerby, 1868) — Haas, 1931: 104.

+ Mycetopoda weddellii (Húpe, 1857) — Frierson, 1927: 98.

+ Mycetopoda longina (Spix, 1827) — Frierson, 1922: 9.

= Mycetopoda subsinuata (Sowerby, 1868) — Ortmann, 1921: 635.

= Mycetopoda subsinuata (Sowerby, 1868) — Simpson, 1914: 1461.

= Mycetopoda subsinuata (Sowerby, 1868) — Ihering, 1910: 120.

= Mycetopoda subsinuata (Sowerby, 1868) — Simpson, 1900: 934.

= Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868 — Martens, 1900: 540, pl. 41, figs. 5-5a.

+ Mycetopus longinus Spix — Ihering, 1890: 133.

= Mycetopus subsinuatus Sow. in Reeve — Miller, 1879: 174.

+ Platiris (Mycetopus) siliquosus (”d’Orb.”) — Lea, 1870: 90.