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Publication Ramírez et al. (2003): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Ramírez, R., C. Paredes & J. Arenas. 2003. Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical 51 (Suppl. 3): 225-284. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta solidula “Lamarck, 1819” [sic] = Anodontites elongata

Anodonta subrostrata Philippi, 1869 = Anodontites trigona

Anodonta subsinuata Philippi, 1869 = Anodontites tenebricosa

Anodonta ucayalensis Philippi, 1869 = Anodontites trigona

Anodontites elongatus (Swainson, 1823) = Anodontites elongata

Anodontites incarum (Philippi, 1869) = Anodontites trigona

Anodontites tenebricosa (Lea, 1834)
+ Mycetopus plicatus Clessin, 1882

Anodontites trapesialis forbesianus (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodonta gigantea Martens, 1868
+ Anodon rioplatensis Sowerby, 1870
+ Anodonta trapezialis Doering, 1875
+ Anodonta riograndensis Ihering, 1890
+ Glabaris susannae Ihering, 1893
+ Glabaris trapesialis var. cygneiformis Pilsbry, 1896
+ Glabaris simpsonianus Pilsbry, 1896

Anodontites trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon susannae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
+ Anodonta riograndensis Ihering, 1890
+ Anodon rioplatensis Sowerby, 1870

Anodontites trapezeus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodon rotundus Wagner, 1827
+ Unio (Anodontes) spixii d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Anodonta cailliaudii Lea, 1860
+ Anodonta pazii Lea, 1866
+ Anodonta rubicunda Lea, 1860
+ Glabaris trapezea var. caipira Ihering, 1893
+ Glabaris trapezea var. sowerbyana Ihering, 1893

Anodontites trigonus trigonus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trigona
+ Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852

Anodontites trigonus trigonus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites tortilis

Anodontites weirauchi Haas, 1930

Anodontites (Lamproscapha) ensiformis (Spix & Wagner, 1827) = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856)

Callonaia duprei (Récluz, 1843)
+ Castalia dolabella Sowerby, 1869

Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 = Castalia ambigua
+ Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Castalia acuticosta Hupé, 1857
+ Castalia turgida Hupé, 1857
+ Castalia retusa Hupé, 1857
+ Castalia crosseana Hidalgo, 1865
+ Castalia hanleyana Sowerby, 1869
+ Castalia lateriquadrata Sowerby, 1869
+ Tetraplodon baro Ihering, 1910
+ Tetraplodon juruanus Ihering, 1910
+ Chevronais colombiana Olsson & Wurtz, 1951

Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819 = Castalia crosseana

Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857 = Castalia cordata
+ Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840
+ Castalia multicostata Sowerby, 1869
+ Castalia ecarinata Mousson, 1869
+ Tetraplodon linki Marshall, 1926
+ Tetraplodon stevensi H.B. Baker, 1930
+ Castalia orinocensis Morrison, 1943

Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857

Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857 = Castalia ecarinata

Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857 = Castalia stevensi

Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857 = Castalia orinocensis

Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869 = Castaliella schombergiana

Castalia sulcata orbignyi Deville & Hupé, 1850 = Castalia orbignyi

Diplodon limensis (Kust-Chemnitz, 1851) = Diplodon chilensis

Diplodon obsolescens Baker, 1914

Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856)

Diplodontites cookei Kust.-Chemnitz, 1851 [sic]

Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967

Eupera simoni (Jousseaume, 1889)

Iphigenia altior (Sowerby, 1833)

Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon parishii Gray, 1834
+ Iridina trapezialis d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Anodon hians Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodon scriptus Sowerby, 1867
+ Leila castelnaudii Hupé, 1857
+ Columba blainvilleana var. riograndensis Ihering, 1890

Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834)

Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Leila blainvilliana
+ Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857
+ Leila castelnaudii Hupé, 1857
+ Columba spixii Ihering, 1890

Leila esula (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Monocondylaea semisulcata Adams, 1870 = Iheringella semisulcata

Mycetopoda siliquosa Spix, 1827
+ Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Wagner, 1827
+ Mycetopus ventricosus d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868
+ Mycetopus hupeanus Clessin, 1876
+ Mycetopus staudingeri Ihering, 1890
+ Mycetopus clessini Ihering, 1893
+ Mycetopus punctatus Preston, 1909
+ Mycetopoda krausei Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda bahia Ihering, 1910
+ Mycetopoda orbignyi Ihering, 1910

Mycetopoda siliquosa Spix, 1827 = Mycetopoda subsinuata

Mycetopoda soleniformis Orbigny, 1835
+ Mycetopus solenoides Sowerby, 1839
+ Mycetopoda holmbergi Doello-Jurado, 1923
+ Mycetopoda iheringi Doello-Jurado, 1923
+ Mycetopoda doellojuradoi Ihering, 1921

Mycetopodella falcatus (Higgins, 1868) = Mycetopodella falcata

Mytella arciformis (Dall, 1909) = Mytella charruana

Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)

Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)

Nausitora dryas (Dall, 1909)

Nausitora saulii Wright, 1866 = Nausitora dryas

Paxyodon syrmathophorus [sic] Meuschen, 1781 = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819
+ Hyria rugosissima Sowerby, 1869

Paxyodon syrmathophorus [sic] Meuschen, 1781 = Prisodon obliquus

Paxyodon syrmathophorus [sic] Meuschen, 1781 = Triplodon corrugatus

Pisidium meierbrooki Kuiper & Hinz, 1984

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817

Sphaerium forbesii Philippi, 1869 = Sphaerium forbesi

Sphaerium lauricochae Philippi, 1870

Sphaerium titicacence [sic] (Pilsbry, 1924) = Sphaerium titicacense

Tamsiella sp. = Tamsiella amazonica

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)