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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Ihering (1890): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Ihering, H.v. 1890. Revision der von Spix in Brasilien gesammelten Najaden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 56(1): 117-170. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 5 available nominal species attributed to this publication (13 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta bahiensis (Küster) = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta ensiformis Spix = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta forbesiana Lea, 1860 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta hertwigii sp. n. = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodonta anserina Clessin, 1873

Anodonta hertwigii sp. n. = Anodontites moricandii

Anodonta moricandii Lea, 1860 = Anodontites moricandii

Anodonta obtusa Spix = Anodontites obtusa
+ Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon litturatum Moricand, 1837
+ Anodonta liturata Sowerby, 1868

Anodonta radiata Spix = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta riograndensis von Ihering, 1890 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta rotunda Spix = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodonta cailliaudii Lea, 1860

Anodonta trapezea Spix = Anodontites trapezea
+ Unio (Anodontes) spixii d’Orbigny, 1835

Anodonta trazesialis [sic] Lam. = Anodontites patagonica
+ Anodonta exotica Cuvier, 1817
+ Anodon blainvilleana Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodon rioplatensis Sowerby, 1870
+ Anodon anserinus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon crassus Swainson, 1823
+ Anodon subsinuatus Sowerby, 1867

Anodonta trazesialis [sic] Lam. = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta trigona Spix = Anodontites trigona
+ Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orbigny, 1835

Aplodon inerme Spix = Monocondylaea minuana

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

Columba blainvilleana [sic] (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites trigona
+ Iridina trapezialis d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Anodon parishii Gray, 1834
+ Anodon georginae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
+ Anodon hians Sowerby, 1867

Columba blainvilleana [sic] (Lea, 1834) = Leila blainvilliana

Columba blainvilliana var. riograndensis von Ihering, 1890 = Leila blainvilliana

Columba castelnaudii (Húpe, 1857) = Leila blainvilliana

Columba esula (Jan, 1837) = Leila esula
+ Iridina blainvilliana d’Orbigny, 1835

Columba pulvinata (Húpe, 1857) = Leila esula
+ Anodonta gigantea Küster, 1839

Columba spixii von Ihering, 1890 = Leila esula
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827

Hyria avicularis Lam. = Prisodon obliquus
+ Diplodon furcatum Wagner, 1827
+ Unio caudatus Wagner, 1827

Hyria corrugata Lam. = Triplodon corrugatus
+ Triplodon rugosus Wagner, 1827

Mycetopus longinus Spix = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Mycetopus maranhonensis Ihering, 1890
+ Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868

Mycetopus siliquosus Spix = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Wagner, 1827
+ Mycetopus hupeanus Clessin, 1876
+ Mycetopus pygmaeus Hupé, 1857
+ Mycetopoda siliquosus d’Orbigny, 1835
+ Mycetopus weddellii Hupé, 1857

Mycetopus staudingeri von Ihering, 1890 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Unio ellipticus Spix = Diplodon ellipticus
+ Diplodon ellipticum Wagner, 1827

Unio multistriatus Lea, 1832 = Diplodon multistriatus
+ Unio ellipticus Küster, 1861
+ Unio psammactinus Philippi, 1848
+ Unio granuliferus Dunker, 1849
+ Unio coriaceus Dunker, 1849

Unio multistriatus Lea, 1832 = Diplodon granosus

Unio multistriatus Lea, 1832 = Diplodon ellipticus

Unio rhombeus Spix = Diplodon rhombeus

Unio rotundus Spix = Diplodon rotundus