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

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species Monocondylaea franciscana (Moricand, 1837): synonymy
     15 specimens

Unio (Monocondylea) franciscana Moricand, 1837
Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 145, pl. 3, figs. 14-17.
Type(s): IDIOTYPE USNM_86333, Rio San Francisco, Brazil. .

Monocondylaea franciscanaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aplodon franciscanusIhering (1910)
Monocondylaea lentiformis franciscanaHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Monocondylaea corrientesensisBonetto (1966), Bonetto & Mansur (1970), Simone (2006)

Monocondylaea francana of Authors, unknown year
Marshall of Authors.
(error for Unio (Monocondylea) franciscana Moricand, 1837)

Monocondylaea corrientesensisSimone (2006)

Monocondylaea fransiscana Simone, 2006
‘Moricand’ Simone, 2006. Land. Freshw. Moll. Brazil.: 291.
(error for Unio (Monocondylea) franciscana Moricand, 1837)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Monocondylaea franciscanaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pereira et al. (2014), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aplodon franciscanusIhering (1910)
Monocondylaea lentiformis franciscanaHaas (1931), Haas (1969)
Monocondylaea corrientesensisBonetto (1966), Bonetto & Mansur (1970), Simone (2006)

 
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