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

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species Mycetopoda legumen (Martens, 1888): synonymy
     57 specimens

Anodonta legumen Martens, 1888
Martens, 1888. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1888: 65.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_91-4-13-56, Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Glabaris (sec. Virgula) legumenSimpson (1900)
Mycetopoda legumenIhering (1910), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), ... Soliman et al. (2016), Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)

Mycetopoda felipponei Marshall, 1928
Marshall, 1928. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 74(2762): 4, pl. 1, fig. 2; pl. 3, figs. 1,3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_368235, Canada Grande, Dept. Cerro Largo, Uruguay.

Mycetopoda legumenBonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), Haas (1969), Mansur (1970), Bonetto & Mansur (1970), Quintana (1982), Simone (2006)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Glabaris (sec. Virgula) legumenSimpson (1900)
Mycetopoda legumenIhering (1910), Haas (1931), Morretes (1949), Bonetto (1962), Figueiras (1965), ... Soliman et al. (2016), Torres et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Torres et al. (2024)
Mycetopoda siliquosaSimpson (1914), Ortmann (1921)

 
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