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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 fossiculiferaSimpson (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 fossiculiferaHaas (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 balzaniSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Fossula fossiculifera balzaniHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Iheringella balzaniMorretes (1949)
Fossula fossiculiferaBonetto (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 brasiliensisIhering (1910), Morretes (1949)
Fossula braziliensis [sic]Simpson (1914)
Fossula fossiculifera braziliensis [sic]Haas (1931)
Fossula fossiculiferaFigueiras (1965), Simone (2006)
Fossula fossiculifera brasiliensisHaas (1969)
Fossula fossiculifera fossiculiferaQuintana (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 balzaniHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Haasica balzani mattogrossensisMorretes (1949)
Fossula fossiculiferaBonetto (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 venezuelensisHaas (1969)
Fossula fossiculiferaSimone (2006)

Fossula piracicabana Ihering, 1891
Ihering, 1891. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 14(380): ??. [nomen nudum]

Fossula fossiculiferaSimone (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 fossiculiferaMansur (1970)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Fossula fossiculiferaSimpson (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 balzaniSimpson (1900), Ihering (1910), Simpson (1914)
Fossula brasiliensisIhering (1910), Morretes (1949)
Fossula braziliensis [sic]Simpson (1914)
Fossula fossiculifera fossiculiferaHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982)
Fossula fossiculifera balzaniHaas (1931), Haas (1969), Quintana (1982)
Fossula fossiculifera braziliensis [sic]Haas (1931)
Iheringella balzaniMorretes (1949)
Haasica balzani mattogrossensisMorretes (1949)
Fossula fossiculifera brasiliensisHaas (1969)
Fossula venezuelensisHaas (1969)

 
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