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Publication Morretes (1949): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Morretes, F.L.d. 1949. Ensaio de catálogo dos moluscos do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Paranaense 7: 5-216. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) forbesiana (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) iheringi (Clessin, 1882) = Anodontites iheringi

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) moricandi (Lea, 1860) = Anodontites moricandii

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) patagonica patagonica Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites patagonica

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) patagonica rubicunda (Lea, 1863) = Anodontites trapezea

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) riograndensis (Ihering, 1890) = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) trapezialis [sic] anserina (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) trapezialis [sic] darochai W.B. Marshall, 1915 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) trapezialis [sic] scripta (Sowerby, 1867) = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Pachyanodon) trapezialis trapezialis [sic] Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Styganodon) aurora W.B. Marshall, 1915 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Styganodon) bartschi Fred Baker, 1914 = Anodontites obtusa

Anodontites (Styganodon) clessini (Fischer, 1890) = Anodontites tenebricosa

Anodontites (Styganodon) crispata crispata Bruguière, 1792 = Anodontites crispata

Anodontites (Styganodon) crispata salmonea Marshall, 1915 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodontites (Styganodon) dalli Fred Baker, 1914 = Anodontites elongata

Anodontites (Styganodon) hasemani Ortmann, 1921 = Anodontites trigona

Anodontites (Styganodon) hyrioides Ortmann, 1921 = Anodontites trigona

Anodontites (Styganodon) mortoniana (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites patagonica

Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa juparana (Ihering, 1910) = Anodontites obtusa

Anodontites (Styganodon) obtusa obtusa (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites obtusa

Anodontites (Styganodon) tenebricosa (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites tenebricosa

Anodontites (Styganodon) trapezeus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trapezea

Anodontites (Styganodon) trigona (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trigona

Bartlettia gutmansi (Lange de Morretes, 1941) = Bartlettia stefanensis

Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856)

Callonaia duprei (Récluz, 1843)

Castalia acuticosta Húpe, 1857 = Castalia ambigua

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Castalia baro (Ihering, 1910) = Castalia ambigua

Castalia dolabella Sowerby, 1869 = Callonaia duprei

Castalia hanleyana Sowerby, 1869 = Castalia ambigua

Castalia inflata Orbigny, 1835

Castalia juruana (Ihering, 1910) = Castalia ambigua

Castalia multisulcata Húpe, 1857

Castalia pectinata (Spix, 1827) = Castalia ambigua

Castalia stevensi (Baker, H.B., 1930)

Castalia turgida Húpe, 1857 = Castalia ambigua

Castalia undosa Martens, 1895

Castalina martensi Ihering, 1891 = Castalia martensi

Castalina nehringi Ihering, 1891 = Castalia nehringi

Castalina psammoica (Orbigny, 1835) = Castalia psammoica

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) fontainianus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon fontainianus

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranaensis [sic] (Lea, 1834) = Diplodon paranensis

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) rotundus Spix, 1827 = Diplodon rotundus

Diplodon (s.s.) berthae Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon berthae

Diplodon (s.s.) besckeanus besckeanus Dunker, 1848 = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon (s.s.) besckeanus nordestinus F. Haas, 1938 = Diplodon rhombeus

Diplodon (s.s.) charruanus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon charruanus

Diplodon (s.s.) deceptus Simpson, 1914 = Diplodon gratus

Diplodon (s.s.) decipiens Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon martensi

Diplodon (s.s.) enno Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon rhombeus

Diplodon (s.s.) garbei Ihering, 1910 = Diplodon garbei

Diplodon (s.s.) granosus (Bruguière, 1972) = Diplodon granosus

Diplodon (s.s.) gratus (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon gratus

Diplodon (s.s.) greeffeanus (‘Dunker’ Ihering, 1893) = Diplodon greeffeanus

Diplodon (s.s.) guaranianus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon guaranianus

Diplodon (s.s.) hartwrighti Ihering, 1910 = Diplodon suavidicus

Diplodon (s.s.) hasemani Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon guaranianus

Diplodon (s.s.) hildae Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon hildae

Diplodon (s.s.) hylaeus (Orbigny, 1835) = Diplodon hylaeus

Diplodon (s.s.) imitator Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon imitator

Diplodon (s.s.) jacksoni Marshall, 1929 = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon (s.s.) kelseyi Fred Baker, 1914 = Diplodon suavidicus

Diplodon (s.s.) mimus Simpson, 1914 = Diplodon multistriatus

Diplodon (s.s.) mogymirim Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon multistriatus

Diplodon (s.s.) obsolescens Fred Baker, 1914 = Diplodon obsolescens

Diplodon (s.s.) panco Ihering, 1910 = Diplodon ellipticus

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

Diplodon (s.s.) paulista (Ihering, 1893) = Diplodon paulistus

Diplodon (s.s.) piceus (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon piceus

Diplodon (s.s.) santamariae Simpson, 1914 = Diplodon martensi

Diplodon (s.s.) semigranosus Simpson, 1914 = Diplodon paulistus

Diplodon (s.s.) simillimus Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon martensi

Diplodon (s.s.) suavidicus (Lea, 1856) = Diplodon suavidicus

Diplodon (s.s.) suppositus Simpson, 1900 = Diplodon martensi

Diplodon (s.s.) trifidus (Lea, 1860) = Diplodon parallelopipedon

Diplodon (s.s.) trivialis Simpson, 1914 = Diplodon charruanus

Diplodon (s.s.) vicarius Ortmann, 1921 = Diplodon vicarius

Diplodon (s.s.) wagnerianus santanus Ihering, 1910 = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon (s.s.) wagnerianus wagnerianus Simpson, 1900 = Diplodon ellipticus

Fossula brasiliensis Ihering, 1910 = Fossula fossiculifera

Fossula fossiculifera (Orbigny, 1835)

Haasica balzani balzani (Ihering, 1893) = Haasica balzani

Haasica balzani mattogrossensis (Ihering, 1915) = Fossula fossiculifera

Hyria amazonia Frierson, 1914 = Triplodon corrugatus

Hyria corrugata Lamarck, 1819 = Triplodon corrugatus

Hyria jamauchimensis Baker, F., 1914 = Triplodon corrugatus

Hyria rugosissima Sowerby, 1869 = Triplodon corrugatus

Hyria transversa Hupé, 1857 = Triplodon corrugatus

Hyria wheatleyi W.B. Marshall, 1926 = Triplodon corrugatus

Iheringella balzani (Ihering, 1893) = Fossula fossiculifera

Lamproscapha ensiformis (Spix, 1827)

Leila blainvilliana riograndensis (Ihering, 1890) = Leila blainvilliana

Leila castelnaudi Hupé, 1857 = Leila blainvilliana

Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857 = Leila esula

Leila spixi (Ihering, 1890) = Leila esula

Monocondylaea hollandi Ortmann, 1921 = Monocondylaea corrientesensis

Monocondylaea lentiformis Lea, 1866 = Monocondylaea corrientesensis

Monocondylaea minuana Orbigny, 1835

Monocondylaea obesa Ortmann, 1921 = Monocondylaea paraguayana

Monocondylaea paraguayana Orbigny, 1835

Monocondylaea parchappi Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea parchappii

Mycetopoda bahia Ihering, 1910 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda hupeana (Clessin, 1876) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda krausei Ihering, 1910 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda legumen (Martens, 1888)

Mycetopoda longina (Spix, 1827) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)

Prisodon alatus (Sowerby, 1869) = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Prisodon castelnaudi (Húpe, 1857) = Prisodon obliquus

Prisodon rectus (Sowerby, 1869) = Prisodon obliquus