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

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Bivalvia | ... | Etherioidea | Mycetopodidae | Monocondylaeinae | Monocondylaea

species Monocondylaea paraguayana (d’Orbigny, 1835): synonymy
     84 specimens

Unio (Monocondylaea) paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 37.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 612, pl. 70, figs. 5-7 [as ‘Monocondylaea paraguayana’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1854-9-4-13, Rio Paraná, Prov. Corrientes, Argentina.

Monocondylaea paraguayanaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Thiele (1934), Modell (1942), ... Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Monocondylaea paraguayana paraguayanaHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Monocondylea [sic] paraguayanaRumi et al. (2008)

Plagiodon rotundatus Mousson, 1869
Mousson, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 187.
Pfeiffer, 1876. Novit. Conch. 4: 139, pl. 131, figs. 8-9.

Iheringella rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Monocondylaea paraguayana jaspideaHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Monocondylaea paraguayanaSimone (2006)

Monocondylaea orbignyana Doello-Jurado, 1917
Doello-Jurado, 1917. Physis 3: 260.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0276, Rio Parana, Prov. Entre Rios, Argentina. .

Monocondylaea paraguayana paraguayanaHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Monocondylaea paraguayanaFigueiras (1965), Bonetto (1966), Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982), Simone (2006)

Monocondylaea obesa Ortmann, 1921
Ortmann, 1921. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8: 583, pl. 40, figs. 4-6.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE CM_61.5850 (by R.I. Johnson, 1977: 238), Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil.

Monocondylaea obesaOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949)
Monocondylaea paraguayana jaspideaHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Monocondylaea paraguayanaSimone (2006)

Alasmidonta schomburgki Sowerby, 1868
‘Hanley MS’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 458.
(intro'd as syn of Unio (Monocondylea) reticulata Moricand, 1858)

Monocondylaea paraguayanaSimone (2006)

Monocondylaea orbignyi Bonetto & et al., 1950
Bonetto & et al., 1950. Dep. Gal. Ind. Com. Abestec., Divis. Caza Pesca y Piscicultura., Minist. Hacienda Econ., Impr. Provincia, Santa Fe: 56.
(error for Monocondylaea orbignyana Doello-Jurado, 1917)

Monocondylaea paraguayanaMansur (1970), Simone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Monocondylaea paraguayanaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1921), Thiele (1934), Modell (1942), ... Pereira et al. (2014), Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Iheringella rotundataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Monocondylaea obesaOrtmann (1921), Morretes (1949)
Monocondylaea paraguayana paraguayanaHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Monocondylaea paraguayana jaspideaHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Monocondylea [sic] paraguayanaRumi et al. (2008)

 
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