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Publication Ihering (1910): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Ihering, H.v. 1910. Über Brasilianische Najaden. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 32: 111-140. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 13 available nominal species attributed to this publication (20 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Aplodon franciscanus Moric. = Monocondylaea franciscana

Callonaia duprei (Récluz)

Diplodon beskeanus [sic] Dunk. = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon ellipticus Wagn.

Diplodon ellipticus santanus subsp. n. = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon expansus (Küster, 1856) = Diplodon multistriatus
+ Unio psammactinus Ihering, 1893

Diplodon garbei sp. n.

Diplodon hartwrighti sp. n. = Diplodon suavidicus

Diplodon multistriatus Lea

Diplodon panco sp. n. = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon rotundus Wagn.

Fossula balzani von Jhering, 1893 = Fossula fossiculifera

Fossula brasiliensis sp. n. = Fossula fossiculifera

Fossula fossiculifera (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Glabaris dulcis sp. n. = Anodontites trapesialis

Glabaris moricandi (Lea) = Anodontites moricandii

Glabaris nehringi Jh. = Anodontites tenebricosa

Glabaris obtusa Wagn. = Anodontites obtusa

Glabaris obtusa juparana subsp. n. = Anodontites obtusa

Glabaris trapezea (Spix & Wagner, 1827) = Anodontites trapezea

Glabaris trapezialis [sic] (Lam.) = Anodontites trapesialis

Glabaris trigona Wagn. = Anodontites trigona

Leila pulvinata Hupé = Leila esula

Mycetopoda bahia sp. n. = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda clessini (von Jhering, 1893) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda hupeana (Clessin, 1876) = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Mycetopus pygmaeus Hupé, 1857

Mycetopoda krausei sp. n. = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda legumen (von Martens, 1888)

Mycetopoda longina (Spix, 1827) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda occidentalis (Clessin) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda orbignyi sp. n. = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Mycetopoda siliquosus d’Orbigny, 1835

Mycetopoda punctata (Preston, 1909) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)
+ Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Wagner, 1827

Mycetopoda soleniformis d’Orb.

Mycetopoda staudingeri (von Jhering, 1890) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda staudingeri var. aequatorialis var. n. = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda subsinuata (Sowerby, 1868) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda ventricosa d’Orb. = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda weddelli Hupé, 1857 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Prisodon obliquus castelnaui [sic] (Hupé) = Prisodon obliquus

Prisodon syrmatophora (Meuschen) = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Tetraplodon acuticosta (Hupé, 1857) = Castalia ambigua

Tetraplodon ambiguus (Lamarck, 1819) = Castalia ambigua

Tetraplodon baro sp. n. = Castalia ambigua
+ Castalia ambigua Sowerby, 1869
+ Unio ambiguus Küster, 1861

Tetraplodon cordatus (Sowerby in Reeve, 1869) = Castalia ambigua
+ Castalia ambigua Sowerby, 1839

Tetraplodon cordatus (Sowerby in Reeve, 1869) = Castalia cordata

Tetraplodon hanleyanus (Sowerby in Reeve, 1869) = Castalia ambigua

Tetraplodon inflatus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Castalia inflata

Tetraplodon juruanus sp. n. = Castalia ambigua

Tetraplodon lateriquadratus (Sowerby in Reeve, 1869) = Castalia ambigua

Tetraplodon multisulcatus (Hupé, 1857) = Castalia multisulcata
+ Castalia multicostata Sowerby, 1869

Tetraplodon pectinatus (Spix & Wagner) = Castalia ambigua
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827

Tetraplodon quadrilaterus (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Castalia ambigua

Tetraplodon retusus (Hupé, 1857) = Castalia psammoica
+ Castalia ovata Sowerby, 1869
+ Castalia carolinensis Sowerby, 1869

Tetraplodon retusus (Hupé, 1857) = Castalia ambigua

Tetraplodon turgidus (Hupé, 1857) = Castalia ambigua