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Publication d’Orbigny (1835): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

d’Orbigny, A. 1835. Synopsis terrestrium et fluviatilium molluscorum, In suo per Americam meridionalem itinere. Magasin de Zoologie 5(61-62): 1-44. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 35 available nominal species attributed to this publication (51 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Castalia ambigua Lam.
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827

Castalia inflata d’Orb.

Castalia inflata var. A rotunda = Castalia inflata

Castalia inflata var. B elongata = Castalia inflata

Castalia quadrilatera d’Orb. = Castalia ambigua

Cyclas (Cyrena) paranacensis d’Orb. = Cyanocyclas paranacensis

Cyclas (Cyrena) variegata d’Orb. = Cyanocyclas limosa

Cyclas (s.s.) argentina d’Orb. = Sphaerium argentinum

Cyclas (s.s.) pulchella d’Orb. = Pisidium dorbignyi

Iridina esula “d’Orb.” = Leila blainvilliana
+ Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834

Iridina esula “d’Orb.” = Leila esula

Iridina trapezialis [sic] “d’Orb.” = Anodontites trapesialis

Mycetopoda siliquosus “d’Orb.” = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Anodon longinus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Wagner, 1827

Mycetopoda soleniformis d’Orb.

Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orb. = Anodontites trigona
+ Anodon trigonus Wagner, 1827

Unio (Anodontes) ensiformis (Spix) = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Unio (Anodontes) exotica Lam. = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon anserinus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon radiatus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827

Unio (Anodontes) exotica var. A elongata = Anodontites trapesialis

Unio (Anodontes) exotica var. B oblonga = Anodontites trapesialis

Unio (Anodontes) exotica var. C larga = Anodontites trapesialis

Unio (Anodontes) ferrarisii d’Orb. = Anodontites ferrarisii

Unio (Anodontes) lato-marginata (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites patagonica

Unio (Anodontes) lato-marginata var. A tenui = Anodontites patagonica

Unio (Anodontes) lato-marginata var. B crassa = Anodontites patagonica

Unio (Anodontes) lato-marginata var. C rosea = Anodontites patagonica

Unio (Anodontes) limnoica d’Orb. = Anodontites trigona

Unio (Anodontes) lucida d’Orb. = Anodontites lucida

Unio (Anodontes) puelchana d’Orb. = Anodontites trigona

Unio (Anodontes) sirionos d’Orb. = Anodontites patagonica

Unio (Anodontes) soleniformis d’Orb. = Anodontites solenidea

Unio (Anodontes) spixii d’Orb. = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodon rotundus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon trapezeus Wagner, 1827

Unio (Anodontes) tenebricosa (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites tenebricosa

Unio (Monocondylaea) corrientesensis d’Orb. = Monocondylaea corrientesensis

Unio (Monocondylaea) fossiculifera d’Orb. = Fossula fossiculifera

Unio (Monocondylaea) guarayana d’Orb. = Monocondylaea guarayana

Unio (Monocondylaea) minuana d’Orb. = Monocondylaea minuana

Unio (Monocondylaea) paraguayana d’Orb. = Monocondylaea paraguayana

Unio (Monocondylaea) parchappii d’Orb. = Monocondylaea parchappii

Unio (s.s.) burroughiana Lea, 1834 = Diplodon burroughianus

Unio (s.s.) charruana d’Orb. = Diplodon charruanus

Unio (s.s.) depressa Lamarck, 1819 = Hyridella depressa

Unio (s.s.) faba d’Orb. = Diplodon charruanus

Unio (s.s.) fontainiana d’Orb. = Diplodon fontainianus

Unio (s.s.) guaraniana d’Orb. = Diplodon guaranianus

Unio (s.s.) hylaea d’Orb. = Diplodon hylaeus

Unio (s.s.) lacteola Lea, 1834 = Diplodon delodontus

Unio (s.s.) matoniana d’Orb. = Diplodon variabilis
+ Mytilus membranacea Maton, 1811

Unio (s.s.) multistriata Lea, 1831 = Diplodon multistriatus

Unio (s.s.) obtusa Féruss. = Hyridella australis
+ Unio depressa Lesson, 1830
+ Unio auratus Philippi, 1847

Unio (s.s.) obtusa Féruss. = Diplodon chilensis

Unio (s.s.) parallepipedon [sic] Lea, 1834 = Diplodon parallelopipedon

Unio (s.s.) paranensis Lea, 1834 = Diplodon paranensis

Unio (s.s.) patagonica d’Orb. = Diplodon chilensis

Unio (s.s.) psammoica d’Orb. = Castalia psammoica

Unio (s.s.) rhuacoica d’Orb. = Diplodon rhuacoicus

Unio (s.s.) solisiana d’Orb. = Diplodon solisianus