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Publication Figueiras (1965): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Figueiras, A. 1965. La malacofauna dulceacuícola del Uruguay (Parte II). Communicaciones de la Sociedad Malacológica del Uruguay 1(8): 223-270.

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 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
+ Anodonta wymanii Lea, 1860
+ Anodonta sinuosa Clessin, 1873
+ Anodonta serpentina Clessin, 1876
+ Anodonta iheringi Clessin, 1882
+ Glabaris bergi Ihering, 1893
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Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus (Lamarck, 1919) [sic] = Anodontites patagonica

Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus (Lamarck, 1919) [sic] = Anodontites ferrarisii

Anodontites (s.s.) patagonicus (Lamarck, 1919) [sic] = Anodontites trapezea

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

Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis forbesianus (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon rioplatensis Sowerby, 1870
+ Anodonta hertwigii Ihering, 1890
+ Anodonta riograndensis Ihering, 1890
+ Glabaris trapesialis var. cygneiformis Pilsbry, 1896

Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis forbesianus (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites moricandii

Anodontites (s.s.) trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819

Anodontites (s.s.) trapezeus (Spix) = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodon rotundus Wagner, 1827

Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835 = Castalia ambigua
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835

Castalina martensi von Ihering, 1893 = Castalia martensi

Castalina psammoica (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Castalia psammoica

Diplodon berthae Ortmann

Diplodon beskeanus [sic] (Dunker) = Diplodon garbei
+ Diplodon garbei Ihering, 1910

Diplodon beskeanus [sic] (Dunker) = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon iheringi Simpson = Diplodon hildae
+ Diplodon hildae Ortmann, 1921

Diplodon iheringi Simpson

Diplodon suavidicus (Lea)

Diplodon suppositus Simpson = Diplodon martensi

Diplodon wheatleyanus (Lea) = Diplodon burroughianus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus
+ 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
+ Diplodon podagrosus Marshall, 1923

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon uruguayensis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon gratus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) charruanus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon peraeformis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) funebralis (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon funebralis
+ 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) funebralis (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon gratus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) funebralis (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon peraeformis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hasemani Ortmann = Diplodon guaranianus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1834) = Diplodon hylaeus
+ Unio guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Diplodon asuncionis Marshall, 1926
+ Schleschiella iheringi schadei Modell, 1950

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus hylaeus (d’Orbigny, 1834) = Diplodon guaranianus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) hylaeus pazi (Hidalgo) = Diplodon guaranianus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon paranensis
+ Unio paraguayanus Martens, 1895

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1809) = Diplodon burroughianus
+ 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 (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1809) = Diplodon variabilis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) variabilis (Maton, 1809) = Diplodon solisianus

Diplodon (s.s.) chilensis (Gray) = Diplodon chilensis

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 expansus = Diplodon multistriatus

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryi Marshall, 1930 = Diplodon delodontus
+ Diplodon (s.s.) imitator Ortmann, 1921
+ Diplodon yaguaronis Marshall, 1930

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryi Marshall, 1930 = Diplodon rhuacoicus

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus pilsbryi Marshall, 1930 = Diplodon imitator

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wymanii (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon wymanii
+ Unio uruguayensis Lea, 1860
+ Unio apprimus Lea, 1866
+ Unio peculiaris Lea, 1866
+ Diplodon felipponei Marshall, 1917

Diplodon (s.s.) delodontus wymanii (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon uruguayensis

Diplodon (s.s.) parallelopipedon (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon parallelopipedon
+ Unio parallepipedon d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Diplodon parallelipipedon d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Unio acutirostris Lea, 1866

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon delodontus
+ 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

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon rhuacoicus

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon martensi

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon piceus

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon aethiops

Diplodon (s.s.) rhuacoicus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon ellipticus

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
+ Unio (Monocondylaea) corrientesensis d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Monocondyloea pazii Lea, 1866
+ Monocondylaea orbignyana Doello-Jurado, 1917

Monocondylaea paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea corrientesensis

Monocondylaea paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea minuana

Mycetopoda legumen (Martens, 1888)
+ Mycetopoda felipponei Marshall, 1928

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)
+ Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon longinus 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
+ Mycetopus hupeanus Clessin, 1876
+ Mycetopus occidentalis Miller, 1879
+ Mycetopus punctatus Preston, 1909