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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Monocondylaeinae | Fossula species Fossula fossiculifera (d’Orbigny, 1835): synonymy 36 specimens Unio (Monocondylaea) fossiculifera d’Orbigny, 1835
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 38. d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 614, pl. 80, figs. 5-7 [as ‘Monocondylaea fossiculifera’]. Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_54-9-4-1, Rio Parana, Prov. Corrientes, Argentina.
Fossula fossiculifera — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Thiele (1934), ... Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Guerra et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024) Fossula fossiculifera fossiculifera — Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982) | |
Fossula balzani Ihering, 1893
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 65, pl. 3, fig. 1. Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 115. Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3793, Rio Paraguay an der Mündung des Rio Apá, Sao Paulo, Brazil. [Rio Paraguay at the mouth of the Rio Apá, Sao Paulo, Brazil].
Fossula balzani — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914) Fossula fossiculifera balzani — Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982) Iheringella balzani — Morretes (1949) Fossula fossiculifera — Bonetto (1966), Simone (2006) | |
Fossula brasiliensis Ihering, 1910
Ihering, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 116, pl. 12, figs. 1a-1b. Type(s): TYPE SMF_3794, Cachoeira Funil, Rio Paraguassú, Bahia, Brazil.
Fossula brasiliensis — Ihering (1910), Morretes (1949) Fossula braziliensis [sic] — Simpson (1914) Fossula fossiculifera braziliensis [sic] — Haas (1931) Fossula fossiculifera — Figueiras (1965), Simone (2006) Fossula fossiculifera brasiliensis — Haas (1969) Fossula fossiculifera fossiculifera — Quintana (1982) | |
Fossula braziliensis Simpson, 1914 ‘von Ihering’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1398. ‘von Ihering’ Haas, 1931. Senckenbergiana 13: 50. (error for Fossula brasiliensis Ihering, 1910) | |
Fossula balzani mattogrossensis Ihering, 1915 Ihering, 1915. Ammexp No. 5, Comm. Linhas Tel. Estrat Matto-Gross no Amazonas: 13, Abb. 4-5. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Fossula balzani Ihering, 1893) Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNRJ_34322, [locality unknown].
Fossula fossiculifera balzani — Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982) Haasica balzani mattogrossensis — Morretes (1949) Fossula fossiculifera — Bonetto (1966), Simone (2006) | |
Fossula venezuelensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1944
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1944. Nautilus 57: 89, pl. 10. Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_179759, Rio Guarico, Barbacoas, Guarico, Venezuela.
Fossula venezuelensis — Haas (1969) Fossula fossiculifera — Simone (2006) | |
Fossula piracicabana Ihering, 1891 Ihering, 1891. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 14(380): ??. [nomen nudum]
Fossula fossiculifera — Simone (2006) | |
Monocondylaea fasciculifera Ihering, 1891 ‘d’Orb.’ Ihering, 1891. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 14(380): 482. (error for Unio (Monocondylaea) fossiculifera d’Orbigny, 1835)
Fossula fossiculifera fossiculifera — Mansur (1970) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Fossula fossiculifera — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Thiele (1934), ... Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Guerra et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024) Fossula balzani — Simpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914) Fossula brasiliensis — Ihering (1910), Morretes (1949) Fossula braziliensis [sic] — Simpson (1914) Fossula fossiculifera fossiculifera — Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982) Fossula fossiculifera balzani — Haas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982) Fossula fossiculifera braziliensis [sic] — Haas (1931) Iheringella balzani — Morretes (1949) Haasica balzani mattogrossensis — Morretes (1949) Fossula fossiculifera brasiliensis — Haas (1969) Fossula venezuelensis — Haas (1969)
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